PPT-The French revolution Stage one: preconditions

The three estates Estates fight for power New democracy Preconditions t he three estates The French society was divided into three estates The first estate the clergy the second estate the nobility and the third estate the peasants and the middleclass. Industrialization and Global Integration . c. 1750 - c. 1900. Industrialization and Global Capitalism. Imperialism and Nation State Formation. Nationalism, Revolution, and Reform. Global Migration. Political Revolutions and Independence Movements. OBJECTIVES. What caused this era of revolution?. What were the ideas and objectives of men and women who rose up violently to undo the established system?. What were the gains and losses for the privileged groups and ordinary people in a generation of war and upheaval?. 1789-1799. “The French revolution ranks with the Reformation as one of the two great watersheds in the history of the European world. Into it virtually all the past flowed; from it virtually all the present has come.”. OBJECTIVES. What caused this era of revolution?. What were the ideas and objectives of men and women who rose up violently to undo the established system?. What were the gains and losses for the privileged groups and ordinary people in a generation of war and upheaval?. 1791-1799. The term “Sans-Culottes” refers to the poor and working poor of French cities. The term comes from their tendency to wear full-length trousers instead of the knee-high “culottes” of the rich.. 1789-1815. I. The Old Regime. 1. Peasants comprised over four-fifths of France’s 26 million people. 2. Peasants lost half their income in taxes. They paid feudal dues to nobles, tithes to the church and royal taxes to the kings agents. In addition, they paid a land tax called the . Date your papers:. Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011. Wednesday, Dec 7, 2011. Block Days:. Thursday, Dec 8 and Friday, Dec 9, 2011. Monday, Dec 12, 2011. Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011. Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011. Essential and . 5.1. Industrialization and Global Capitalism. 5.2. Imperialism and Nation-State Formation. 5.3. Nationalism, Revolution, and Reform. 5.4. Global Migration. Political Revolutions and Independence Movements. Historical interpretations of class conflict leading to. the French Revolution. Bourgeoisie . was united by economic position and class interest and frustrated by feudal laws. Eventually, rose up to lead the . SOCIAL. POLITICAL. INTELLECTUAL . ECONOMIC. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY. GROWTH OF INDUSTRY AND THE RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS. GROWING BURDEN OF. FEUDAL DUES. INCREASING POVERTY. GROWING GOVERNMENT DEBT. ATTEMPT TO TAX NOBLES. On a piece of . paper respond . to the following:. Briefly list and describe . THREE. causes . of the French Revolution. (Its okay if you are only guessing). Which cause of the three do you think is the . Causes of the French Revolution What brought about the French Revolution? Enlightenment thinkers ~ many lived in France under absolute monarchy ~ spoke of change granting more rights to the people….sounded good! What was the French Revolution?. 1. The French Revolution (1789-1799). The French Revolution was a period of . radical. . social. and . political. . change. in France. . The . monarchy was eventually abolished. . Ça. . ira. !. Ça. . ira. !. . (Edith Piaf). Ça. . ira. , . ça. . ira. ! Les . aristocrates. . à. la . lanterne. !. Song dates from the Revolution itself.. Making of the Modern World. The French Revolution.