History Review
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French Revolution
A) Old Regime- feudalism system from the Middle Ages; people were divided into estates- 3 social classes
1) Church (clergy)=1st estate; only pays 2%; owns 10% of land
2) Nobles=2nd estate; 2% of pop.; pays no taxes
3) Third Estate=working class
i) ~98% of pop. 3 groups:
a) Bourgeoisie: merchants & artisans; well-educated
b) Workers: cooks, servants, shop owner, etc
c) Peasants: farmers; half of income goes to nobles & church
ii) Enlightenment Ideas: equality, liberty & democracy
4) 1780s; crop failures, starvation
5) Louis XVI- King of France 1774; borrowed & spent money a LOT
i) Marie Antoinette (aka Madame Deficit)- Louis wife; spent a lot of money on gowns, jewels, etc.
ii) France=bankrupt; calls Estates-General- meeting of representatives of all three classes
a) First two estates always outvote third
B) National Assembly-Third Estate delegates/representatives
1) Vote to end abs. monarchy & begin another gov’t
2) Tennis Court Oath- a new constitution drawn up in an indoor tennis court
3) Storming the Bastille
i) Rumors; foreign troops coming to massacre French citizens
a) Foreign troops=Louis’s Swiss army; come to guard Paris
b) Bastille=Paris prison; attempt to steal gun powder; fall to citizens
C) Great Fear- wave of senseless panic that spread throughout France
1) Peasants rebel; break into nobles’ houses & burn legal papers
2) Oct. 1789; women riot over price of bread; turn against king & queen; break into Versailles & demand to take king & queen to Paris
3) Aug. 1789; noblemen & clergy now = to peasants
D) Declaration of the Rights of Man- statement of revolutionary ideals the Nat. Ass. adopts
1) Guarantees equal justice, freedom of speech, religion, liberty, property, security, “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
2) Olympe de Gouges-...
A) Old Regime- feudalism system from the Middle Ages; people were divided into estates- 3 social classes
1) Church (clergy)=1st estate; only pays 2%; owns 10% of land
2) Nobles=2nd estate; 2% of pop.; pays no taxes
3) Third Estate=working class
i) ~98% of pop. 3 groups:
a) Bourgeoisie: merchants & artisans; well-educated
b) Workers: cooks, servants, shop owner, etc
c) Peasants: farmers; half of income goes to nobles & church
ii) Enlightenment Ideas: equality, liberty & democracy
4) 1780s; crop failures, starvation
5) Louis XVI- King of France 1774; borrowed & spent money a LOT
i) Marie Antoinette (aka Madame Deficit)- Louis wife; spent a lot of money on gowns, jewels, etc.
ii) France=bankrupt; calls Estates-General- meeting of representatives of all three classes
a) First two estates always outvote third
B) National Assembly-Third Estate delegates/representatives
1) Vote to end abs. monarchy & begin another gov’t
2) Tennis Court Oath- a new constitution drawn up in an indoor tennis court
3) Storming the Bastille
i) Rumors; foreign troops coming to massacre French citizens
a) Foreign troops=Louis’s Swiss army; come to guard Paris
b) Bastille=Paris prison; attempt to steal gun powder; fall to citizens
C) Great Fear- wave of senseless panic that spread throughout France
1) Peasants rebel; break into nobles’ houses & burn legal papers
2) Oct. 1789; women riot over price of bread; turn against king & queen; break into Versailles & demand to take king & queen to Paris
3) Aug. 1789; noblemen & clergy now = to peasants
D) Declaration of the Rights of Man- statement of revolutionary ideals the Nat. Ass. adopts
1) Guarantees equal justice, freedom of speech, religion, liberty, property, security, “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
2) Olympe de Gouges-...