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The French Revolution What is a revolution? - PPT Presentation

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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Slide1

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