Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The French Revolution
- Causes of the French
Revolution
- Enlightened ideas
- Intellectuals and
the bourgeoisie
supported
Enlightenment
ideas and tried
to put them into
practice
- Political crisis
- 1st Estate
300
representatives
( 1 vote )
- 2nd Estate
300
representatives
( 1 vote )
- 3rd Estate
600
representatives
( 1 vote )
- Economic crisis
- BANKRUPT:
Military conflicts
Luxury way of life
of royal family
- SOLUTION:
Increase
taxes
- Social crisis
- NOBILITY:
Refused taxes
- MIDDLE CLASSES:
Political participation
- Major events of the French
Revolution
- The National Assembly
- Cahiers de doleanes
- Main problems: voting system
- Tennis court oath
- The Constituent Assembly
- Riots
- 1st Reforms
- Flight to Varennes
- 2nd Constitution
- The Legislative Assembly
- External problems
- Internal problems
- Attack to the tuileries palace
- The Convention
- Girondist convention
- Jacobin convention