Week 3 SOL Review French Revolution

Estates

A class system divided into three sectors that determined legal rights and status:Clergy, Nobles and Third Estate

First Estate:Clergy

The First and Highest Class System of Estates that consisted of Catholic Religious Leaders, that had no taxes and a luxurious lifestyle.

Second Estate: Nobles

Second Class in Estate System with Old Royalty, Land Owners, that didn’t pay taxes.

• Had special social and economical privilages and deduced income from peasants.

Third Estate: Others

Consisted of the Bourgeoisie that were the working class and paid nearly half the taxes. 97% of french populations

Pushing Factors of Revolution:

High Taxes for peasans and debt caused by the Revolutionary War Aid, war with england, and parties of the King and Queen.

-Crop Failure

• High Inflation

Pulling Factors of French Revolution

John Locke’s natural rights idealism and beliefs.

• Terrible Leaders who made bad decisions for the country

• Social Classes

Estates General

Meeting of 3 estates to make law, called two raise taxes for estates 1 & 2, however it was a three vote system so the 1st and 2nd estates would also outvote the 3rd estate.

National Assembly

• Tennis Court Oath - vow to not leave until write a constitution for France = Tennis Court Oath

Storming of Bassille

3rd Estates stormed jail and let the prison free- SYmbolic Begginning of French Revolution

March on Versialles

6000 women march on Versailles about the food shortage and price of bread. Louis XVI is arrested and forced to leave Versailles for Paris.

Constituion of 1791

Made France a Constituional Monarchy and everyone is equal

Jacobins

Gains control over france and calls for a republic neation after louis xvi is excuted with a gollutine

Reign of Terror

• Jacobin – wants change from limited monarchy to republic and executes anyone related to monarchy (priests, nobles)

• Executes “traitors” – 40K mostly commoners

New Constitution

2- House Legislature, 5 man executive committe divides power but little gets accomplished since the houses cannot agree on many things. Growing gap between rich and poor.