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Two-Column Notes. 23.1 French Revolution Begins. Topic. Explanation. French Rev. Begins. Topic. Explanation. The Old Regime. Old Regime —social and political system in France during the 1770s Estates —three social classes of France’s Old Regime. UNJUST government????. French Rev. Begins.

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  1. Two-Column Notes 23.1 French Revolution Begins Topic Explanation

  2. French Rev. Begins Topic Explanation The Old Regime • Old Regime—social and political system in France during the 1770s • Estates—three social classes of France’s Old Regime

  3. UNJUST government????

  4. French Rev. Begins Explanation Topic • 1st Estate—Catholic clergy—1% population, own 10 % land, few taxes • 2ndEstate—rich nobles—2 % population, own 20 % land, no taxes • 3rd Estate = 97 percent of people are peasants, urban workers, middle class • Have few privileges, pay heavy taxes, want change • The privileged Estates • The 3rd Estate

  5. SECTION 1 continued The Old Order French satire on inequality of taxation: caricature of over-taxed peasant carrying a nobleman and a cleric on his back. Engraving, 1789. NEXT

  6. French Rev. Begins Topic Explanation • Enlightenment ideas • Economic Troubles • 3rd Estate is inspired by these ideas • High taxes and rising costs damage economy by 1780s • King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette known for extravagance • Louis doubles nation’s debt; banks refuse to lend more money

  7. French Rev. Begins Topic Explanation • A weak leader • Louis’s poor decisions and lack of patience add to France’s problems • He calls Estates-General—meeting of representatives from all three estates (1st time in 175 years)

  8. Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès • “"What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been so far in the political order? Nothing. What does it desire to be? Something."

  9. 1st meeting of Estates-General in

  10. Right Wing vs. Left Wing

  11. Left Wing vs. Right Wing

  12. Louis XVI of France

  13. Louis XVI of France—Age 20

  14. Marie Antoinette of France

  15. Marie Antoinette of France

  16. Marie Antoinette (age 36, right before death)

  17. French Rev. Begins Topic Explanation • National Assembly • Third Estate has little power under old rules • Third Estate sets up National Assembly—new legislature to make reforms • Tennis Court Oath—delegates decide to write new constitution for France

  18. French Rev. Begins Topic Explanation • Storming the Bastille • Rumors fly in Paris that Louis wants to suppress National Assembly • Mob attacks and seizes Bastille, killing guards on July 14, 1789

  19. Tennis Court Oath

  20. French Rev. Begins Topic Explanation • Rebellion • Rumors and panic spread throughout France • Great Fear—attacks by peasants taking place across France • Peasants destroy legal papers binding them to feudal system • In Oct. 1789, Parisian women revolt over rising price of bread • They demand action, forcing Louis to return from Versailles to Paris

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