over simplyfied french revolution part 1

How much was the peasants population?

27 million

80% of population

7 years war

Britain v.s France = Brits won; France went even more into debt

What was the 1st estate, 2nd estate, and 3rd estate

1-clergy

2-nobility

3-peasants + middle class (everyone else)

How much taxes did each estate pay?

1 and 2-little to no taxes

3- lots of heavy taxes

What was the Age of Enlightenment?

Great philsophical thinkers across France/beyond questioning the French monarchy

Louis XV

Grandfather of Louis XVI

Died of small pox

Louis XVI

Also known as Louis Capet

-crowned in ay 1774

-weak, easily manipulated by those around him

-chose to finance American colonies Rev (never got paid back)

Marie Anonentte

Also known as Madame Defict

How was the taxation for the 3rd estate?

Heavily taxed, very inconsistent

Ex: Salt tax, head tax, income tax

Labor Tax

Peasants required to work a certain amount of days for their local lord w/out pay

Estates general

Purely advisory body + rarely summoned

(Last summoned was 175 years ago)

What did the estates general include

Clergy (1st estate), nobility (2nd estate), 3rd estate( middle class, urban poor, wealthy business, lawyers, peasants)

What was the population of the 1st/2nd estates

1- 130,000

2- 350,000

How many votes did each estate receive

1 vote

(3rd estate always outvoted =unfair = anger)

What is the National Assembly

a revolutionary body formed by the Third Estate representatives during the French Revolution, signaling the end of absolute monarchy

What was the tennis court oath June 20th 1789?

Pledging to continue meeting until the king gave into their demands

Demands: economic reform

Louie XVI locks National Assembly out of their usual meeting spot (they found an indoor tennis court)

Who were the members of National Assembly?

Most educated members of 3rd estate

Included 2 young lawyers: MAXIMILLEN ROBESPIERE AND GEORGE DANTON

Some 1st estate joined: CORNTE DE MIRABEAU & MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

Jacobin Club

Very radical

Created by MAXIMILLEN ROBESPIERE

Wanted removal of king entirely

What did Louie XVI do when he feared his position was under threat?

Mobilized troops around Paris

What was the 3rd estates POV of Louie XVI mobilizing troops around Paris

3rd estate overheard the idea, causing them to fear the king was going to round them up and arrest them/ execute them

Who created the Bourgeois Militia/National Gaurd?

National Assembly

What happened on July 14th 1789

A large crowd stormed/raided the Hotel les invalides (military hospital)

-were able to secure a large #’s of rifles (didn’t find gunpowder)

Storming of Bastille

Went to bastille to get gunpowder

-demanded Governor de Launay (man in charge) to surrender the prison/hand over the gunpowder

Jean-Paul Marat

A man of science

Had a horrible skin condition that kept him confined to a bathtub

Wrote radical news papers

What was the friend of the people : news paper about by JeanPaul

Citizens of France be very afraid, given the chance the king and the nobility wont hesitate to massacre us all, the solution is simple execute them

Declaration of rights of man

A document that guaranteed liberty and equal rights to all men

March to Versailles

A crowd of 7,000 women marched to the king demanding food

agreed to share his new position , sharing power with the revolutionary government

Killed several members if royal guards