PPT-The French Revolution Causes of the French Revolution

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 . Threat or Promise?. Causes for Revolution. Causes for Revolution. France is near broke. Causes for Revolution. France is near broke. Lost Seven Years War. Causes for Revolution. France is near broke. 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.”. . 4. Corrupt, inconsistent, and insensitive leadership. Prosperous members of Third Estate resent privileges of First and Second estates. Spread of Enlightenment ideas. Huge government debt. Poor harvests and rising price of bread. Long-standing resentments against the monarchy . Inequalities in society. Existing social and political structure. Called the Old Order, or ancient régime . King at the top and estates under him . King Louis XVI was shy and indecisive . 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 . Take notes from the film. List the 3 causes of the French Revolution.. Describe who are the 3 Estates.. First Estate – . Second Estate – . Third Estate - . 3. What U.S. document gave the French peasants the incentive to revolt?. An Age of Revolutions. Crises . of the Eighteenth Century. American Model. The French Revolution, 1789-1815. Social and Political Crises. The Meeting of the Estates General. Fall of the Bastille. Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen. Background. Treaty of Ryswick – 1695 . Africans and . engagés. for labor. 1685 – Negro codes – punishments . High mortality / low fertility. Slave population – 500,000 – most African-born. 29 . (5:32 – 11:54). [1] Why did France invade Austria?. [2] Louis XVI was condemned to die by … . [3] The Guillotine was meant to … . [4] The Committee of Public Safety … . [5] When Napoleon rules France, nobles and the Catholic Church … . . Vocabulary. Estate. Taille. Bourgeoisie. Sans-culottes. Electors. Coup . d’etat. Bastille. Consulate. Nationalism. Conservatism. Liberalism. Guillotine. Deficit spending. suffrage. Most are in Chapter 9. ?. Who made up the 3 Estates in France?. Reasons for the French Revolution . In the 1700s, France was the cultural capital of Europe, home to numerous Enlightenment thinkers, & had wealth from colonies . 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.