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| Paragraph 1- Government Structure Ancien Regime | -Absolutism -Autocratic power -Complete control -Unresponsive government -Three Estates |
| Paragraph 2- Economic Recession and Famine | -Louis XIV -7 Years War -Monopolies by guild -Support Versailles -Pay for wars -Monarchy's spending still increasing -Increase in taxes -Gabelle tax -Tithes -Rising polpulation -Scarce resources -High prices 1787- Assembly of Notables -1788- Clergy denied help -Third Estates carries economic burden |
| Paragraph 3- Louis and Marie Antoinette | Louis -Shy, awkwarkd, indecisive, narrowminded -Fat- spent money on food -Divine right -only trusted court advisors who said what he wanted yo hear -No political interest -Despot -Letters de Catchets Marie Antoinette -No interest in subjects -Ignored revolutionary murmurs -14 years old, married 15 year old Louis -Madame Deficit -The Austrichienne -Always considered a foreigner -Spoke French with strong accent Lack of Heir -Wed in May 1770 -Unconsummated marriage for 7 years - Propoganda- "If he can't plant the seed, he can't run the throne" -Louis had phimosis (sex was painful) - Lack of heir was height of French gossip |
| Paragraoh 4- The Enlightenment and American Revolution | Age of Enlightenment- -chaos of clear ideas -the 'philosophes' -Peak in 1770s -Pamphlets and books circulated in salon parties -Wanted France to be run by logic and reason, rather than the divine right -New political ideas and liberty American Revolutions- -Ideas strengthened -Liberty, Equality, Fraternity -“The freedom for which I am going to fight inspires me and I would like our own country to enjoy such a liberty that would fit in with our monarchy, our position and our customs” |
| Paragraph 5- Aristocratic Response (Nobles) | -Unsastified with Louis -Wanted to govern France -Forced Louis to call first meeting of Estates General since 1614 -Louis admitted the monarchy was desperate |
| Paragraph 6- Third Esate Rising Discontent | -Bourgeousie -Affected by Enlightenment, American Revolution and new aspirations -Tailles burden (taxes) -Taxation -Gabelle -Tithes -Aims were to feed their families and to keep their lands and to worry how to pay the heavy burden of taxation -blamed anything they could for their ‘bad luck’ such as Madam Deficit, or the king’s disloyalty or the rights of the seigneurs to whom they owed tithes and tailles. -Sick of costs to maintain first estate -Wanted equality -Wanted political representation -Tennis Court Oath- 20th June 1789 restricted the middle class from achieving their ambitions. The demand for a National Assembly was intended to force the king to recognise the rights of the French nation and people. It was the key members of the nobility and the bourgeoisie who led the call for the Assembly but when they were locked out of the Assembly and met on the ‘Tennis Court’, the bourgeoisie were instrumental in pushing for greater representation. -Jacque-Louis David painting= great wind of change, unified estates -Louis calls in army -All leads to Storming of Bastille - July 14 1789 |
| Introduction | -What is a revolution- -Revolution- come full circle -Long term causes -Short term causes -Trigger Causes -Outline causes -Government -Bad Harvest and Famine - Louis and Marie -Enlightenment and American Revolution - Aristocratic Response -Rising Discontent of Third Estate |
| Conclusion | -Storming of Bastille (July 14 1789) -Absolutist monarchy ended -Early revolutionaries hoped to make a constitutional monarchy -The Terror 1792 - The French Revolution was caused by a combination of absolutism and feudalism which repressed millions of French people and denied them the rights and freedoms that were being openly demanded in other parts of Europe and the world as a result of Enlightenment thinking and visionaries such as Rousseau. -urther motivated by years of poor harvests, starvation, increasing bread prices and the never-ending burden of taxation imposed on the poorest members of the Third Estate -Inequality of Louis' ancien regime -1st and 2nd estates -Poor ruling of king and queen -Tennis Court Oath= National Assembly =SEALED REVOLUTIONARY FATE |
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