Causes of the French Revolution Abuses of the old regime Whats a regime Political leave space to explain Social Economic Political Reasons The king was an absolute monarch The king picked people based on favoritism ID: 721771
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The French RevolutionSlide2
What is a revolution?Slide3
Causes of the French Revolution
Abuses of the old regime
(What’s a regime?)
Political (leave space to explain)
Social
EconomicSlide4
Political Reasons
The king was an absolute monarch
The king picked people based on favoritism
The king
c
ensored speech (controlled what the press could say)
The king wouldn’t let the people have a voice in the government or make complaintsSlide5
Social Reasons
Social Classes:
First Estate- clergy (church people)
Second Estate- nobility
Third Estate- the rest of the people
Bourgeoisie (merchants, bankers, manufacturers, professionals)
City workers
Peasants
1
st
& 2
nd
Estates, 3% of population, were privileged
Owned most of the land
Taxed peasants
Didn’t pay taxes
Had best
gov
& military positions
Got special treatment in terms of law
3
rd
estate- unprivileged classSlide6
Economic Reasons
Long story short…
The 3
rd
estate had to pay almost all of the taxesSlide7
Other Causes
The French Bourgeoisie wanted laissez-faire
French philosophers & Age of Enlightenment- encouraged people to seek natural rights, etc.
Influence of English & American Revolutions
Bad governmentSlide8
Exit Question
What would you have done if you had lived
in France?Slide9
Revolution Begins
First of all, what is revolution?
What about laissez faire?
And bourgeoisie? Slide10