'Bad harvests' presentation slideshows

Chapter 18 French Revolution and Napoleon

Chapter 18 French Revolution and Napoleon. Section 1: The French Revolution Begins. Main ideas: Social equality and economic problems contributed to the French Revolution. Radicals, Catholic priests, nobles, and the lower classes opposed the new order Key Terms: Estate Relics of feudalism

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The 1 st & 2 nd Estates were rich and powerful They had many special privileges

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Unit 6 The Crisis of the late Middle Ages

Unit 6 The Crisis of the late Middle Ages. The Cause and effects of the Black Death on Western Europe. Black Death / Bubonic Plague. Preconditions in 14 th Century Europe. 3 years of bad harvests, number of livestock down Too many people (pop 2x) Population weakened

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How did life change for ordinary people 1500-1750?

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The Tennis Court Oath

The Tennis Court Oath. Causes of the French Revolution. Vocab. Bankrupt-in debt Reform-a change of the tax system Estates General-meeting of the representatives of all 3 estates of France Deputies-representatives of each estate. Vocab.

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Ze French Revolution

Ze French Revolution. Estates. 1 st Estate: Clergy/the Church 2 nd Estate: Nobility 3 rd : Commoners (97%) 1 st and 2 nd Estates did not pay taxes. Shortages of the 1780s. Government had no $$$ No food! Bad harvests in 1787 and 1788

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Avoiding the Reign of Terror

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French Revolution

Social Inequalities between Estates; taxes, political power Resentment of privileges given to 1 st & 2 nd Estates Much of the 3 rd Estate was facing starvation Distrust of the Queen, Marie Antoinette. Political Weak and indecisive monarch

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