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The French Revolution Begins

The French Revolution Begins. Inequality leads to upheaval. Goals and Objectives. Upon completion students should be able to: Explain the political and social conditions of France prior to the revolution. Detail the ways in which France was organized socially.

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The French Revolution Begins

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  1. The French Revolution Begins Inequality leads to upheaval

  2. Goals and Objectives • Upon completion students should be able to: • Explain the political and social conditions of France prior to the revolution. • Detail the ways in which France was organized socially. • Describe the relationship between the French government and its three estates.

  3. The Old Order • The Old Regime – Social and political system in France during the 1770’s

  4. The French social system • Estates – Three social classes of France’s Old Regime

  5. The Estates • First Estate – Catholic Clergy – own 10 percent land, pay few taxes

  6. Second Estate – rich nobles – 2 percent population, own 20% of the land

  7. Third Estate • 97% of the people are peasants, urban workers, middle class

  8. Taxation without privilege • Few privileges, pay heavy taxes, want change

  9. Force of Change • Enlightenment ideas inspire some in Third Estate

  10. Economic Troubles • High taxes and rising costs damage economy by 1780’s

  11. King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette known for extravagance

  12. Rising debt in France • Louis doubles nation’s debt; banks refuse to lend more money

  13. A Weak Leader • Louis’s poor decisions and lack of patience add to France’s problems

  14. He calls the Estates-General – meeting of Representatives from all three estates

  15. Revolution • The National Assembly – Third Estate has little power under old rules

  16. Third Estate sets up National Assembly – new legislature to make reforms

  17. Tennis Court Oath – delegates decide to write new constitution for France

  18. Violence Begins • Rumors fly in Paris that Louis wants to suppress the National Assembly

  19. Storming of the Bastille • Mob attacks and seizes the Bastille (prison) and kills guards July 14, 1789

  20. Rebellion and Fear • The Great Fear – peasant attacks throughout France begin after panic and rumors spread

  21. Peasants destroy legal papers binding them to feudal system • October 1789 women revolt over price of bread

  22. Louis Returns • Revolt forces Louis to return to Paris from Versailles

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