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 peoplesounded good ID: 763250
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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!American Revolution ~Saw the American colonists fight back against the English gov… France sent troops to help them get independence ….but back home they had none
Take notes from the filmList the 3 causes of the French Revolution. List examples for each causeDescribe who are the 3 Estates.First Estate is the – Second Estate is the –Third Estate is the- 3. What U.S. document gave the French peasants the incentive to revolt?4. What Enlightenment idea inspired the French peasants the most to revolt.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrtVyBDvJNU&list=PLG41HV5r0aEIUebBYcJYpu1kfqvbQQBER&index=4&feature=plpp_video
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The Three Estates Estate Population PrivilegesExemptions BurdensFirst Circa 130,000 High-ranking clergyCollected the titheCensorship of the press Control of education Kept records of births, deaths, marriages, etc . Catholic faith held honored position of being the state religion (practiced by monarch and nobility) Owned 20% of the land Paid no taxes Subject to Church law rather than civil law Moral obligation (rather than legal obligation) to assist the poor and needy Support the monarchy and Old Regime Second Circa 110,000 Nobles Collected taxes in the form of feudal dues Monopolized military and state appointments Owned 20% of the land Paid no taxes Support the monarchy and Old Regime Third Circa 25,000,000 Everyone else: artisans, bourgeoisie, city workers, merchants, peasants, etc., along with many parish priests None None Paid all taxes Tithe (Church tax) Octrot (tax on goods brought into cities) Corv ée (forced road work) Capitation (poll tax) Vingtiéme (income tax) Gabelle (salt tax) Taille (land tax) Feudal dues for use of local manor’s winepress, oven, etc.
People of France were divided into three estates: FIRST ESTATE: made up of clergy of the Roman Catholic Church; scorned Enlightenment ideas ----(owned 10% of all land)
SECOND ESTATE: made up of rich noblesHeld the highest offices in governmentDisagreed with Enlightenment ideas Owned 20% of all land
What the King Did
3. THIRD ESTATE: included bourgeoisie, urban lower class, and peasant farmersHad no power to influence governmentEmbraced Enlightenment ideas 98% of population
Checking For UnderstandingName who the 3 Estates are… 1, 2, & 3 List 2-3causes of the French Revolution…List Locke’s 3 “natural rights” that government should protectWhich was the first document in history to limit a monarchs power, hint 1215…
WEAK LEADERSHIP: Louis XVI became king in 1774 Liked to spend large amounts of money Borrowed heavy in order to help the Americans with their war Bankers refused to lend the government any more money
Louis XVI spent his time hunting, or tinkering with locks instead of attending to the details of governingMarried Marie Antoinette when he was 15 and she was 14 Marie was from Austria, enemy of FranceVery unpopular with the people
Liked to spend money on jewels, gowns, and gifts Became known as “Madame Deficit”
REVOLUTION BEGINS: Third estate unhappy with the heavy taxes & started to rebel Storming of the Bastille: July 14,1789, mob tried to get gunpowder and weapons from the prison at Bastille. Bastille =‘ ed tyranny to the peasants Angry crowd stormed the prison and took control https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/French-Revolution-Storming-the-Bastille http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-storming-of-bastille-the-great-fear.html#lesson End of Ch 3 section 1
Became a symbol for the revolution (national holiday today, similar to the U.S. Fourth of July) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvSod16wfgg John Green God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I use as conclusion
Checking for UnderstandingWhat was the first protest event that initiated/started the French Rev? Which U.S. document is the most imitated & uses in other national constitutions?This U.S. document is a model for the establishment of a gov. by WRITTEN laws? How did King Louis XVI directly contribute to one of the causes of the French Rev?What type of classes were the estates broken into in pre-revolutionary France.
TERROR GRIPS FRANCE:
Radicals execute the King in 1792Jacobin Club: radical group made up of middle class citizens, found the king guilty of treason and sentenced him and his wife to be killed http:// videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/10844-napoleon-the-french-revolution-and-the-reign-of-terror-video.htm
Maximilien Robespierre: leader of the radicals, started the “Reign of Terror”—1793-1794Killed thousands of people who were “enemies of the republic” 85% were common peoplehttp://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/18303-the-french-revolution-the-reign-of-terror-video.htm
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4QsRYVMuU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l21Mbhnguk
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