French Revolution Beginning

Robespierre

________ practiced law and thought about the enlightenment with his job.

Robespierre

________ represents the third estate as a deputy and is very educated and a good speaker.

1770 Louis 15

______ got married to Marie Antoinette, daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria

Louis 15

not very social, bashful, nervous

Connection to Enlightenment Ideas

  What would John Locke or Thomas Hobbes say about what was happening in France

Louis hires _____ as a financial manager.

Necker who is an enlightenment thinker

Why did Louis hire Necker?

Riots and violence

Necker's advice to Louis

Call the estates general for the first time in 150 years

First Estate

Clergy

Second Estate

Nobles

Third Estate

everyone else including merchants and peasants