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Mind Map by Calista Kusuma, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Calista Kusuma
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Causes of the French Revolution
- Long Term
- Absolutism
- Idea that monarchs had divine rights
- Autocratic power
- Sole control over:
- Nobles
- Economy
- Power
- Government
- Nobles
- Sole control over:
- Monarchy regulated..
- Taxation
- Religion
- Government
- Government spending
- Government spending
- Taxation
- Autocratic power
- Idea that monarchs had divine rights
- Ancien Regime
- Three Estates
- 1. Clergy
- 2. Nobility
- 3. Peasantry
- 1. Clergy
- Third Estate Discontent
- American Revolution
- Liberty, equality, fraternity
- Liberty, equality, fraternity
- Financial burden
- Bad harvest and famine
- American Revolution
- Three Estates
- Age of Enlightenment
- Period of intellectual growth
- Liberty
- New political ideas
- Logic and reason over tradition and superstition (i.e Divine Right of Kings)
- Logic and reason over tradition and superstition (i.e Divine Right of Kings)
- Liberty
- The 'philosophes'
- Pamphlets
- Distributed in salon parties
- Distributed by middle class women- liberal thinkers
- Distributed by middle class women- liberal thinkers
- Distributed in salon parties
- Rosseau, Diderot, Tom Paine
- Rosseau = Conffesions
- Became a Cultural Hero
- Became a Cultural Hero
- Rosseau = Conffesions
- Pamphlets
- Period of intellectual growth
- Absolutism
- Medium Term
- Taxation System
- First two estates exempt
- Peasants caried financial burden
- Louis XIV
- Left France in debt
- 7 Years War
- 7 Years War
- Left France in debt
- Peasants caried financial burden
- Gabelle Tax
- Salt
- Staple in French diet
- Preseerved meat
- VITAL
- Staple in French diet
- Salt
- Feudal Rights and Dues
- Tithes
- 10% of earnings to church
- 10% of earnings to church
- Tithes
- First two estates exempt
- Louis XVI- economic mismanager
- 1787- Assembly of Notables disagree to tax where rich pay the most
- 1788- Clergy deny help
- First and Second Estates refuse to help Louis
- 1788- Clergy deny help
- Rising population
- Scarce resources
- Higher prices
- Scarce resources
- Taxation System
- Short Term
- Marie Antoinette
- The 'Austrichienne'
- No interest in subjects
- Madame Deficit
- Le Petit Trianon
- Hairstyles
- Symbol of Unusefulness and debt
- Symbol of Unusefulness and debt
- Le Petit Trianon
- The 'Austrichienne'
- Louis XVI
- No politcal interest
- Personality
- Shy
- Indecisive
- Awkward
- Narrowminded
- Shy
- Despot
- Letter de Cachets
- 14 000 sent
- Sent numerous people to prison
- 14 000 sent
- Letter de Cachets
- No politcal interest
- Tennis Court Oath
- 20th June 1789
- Estates General called to agree to new taxes
- Third Estate sat at back
- Demanded new government and equality
- Estates General closed down until Louis could regain control
- All estates made oath to never stop meeting until allowed to run country and had rights recognised
- National Assembly formed
- National Assembly formed
- All estates made oath to never stop meeting until allowed to run country and had rights recognised
- Estates General closed down until Louis could regain control
- Demanded new government and equality
- Third Estate sat at back
- 1791- Jacque-Louis David painting of Tennis Court Oath
- 20th June 1789
- Marie Antoinette
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