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Title: The French Revolution


1
Journal 1
1) Describe how this picture illustrates the
social conditions in France in the 1700s 2)
Explain why revolution appears inevitable in
France in the late 1700s?
2
Calling of the Estates-General
  • Louis XVI is forced into action

3
Louis XVI
4
Louis XVI
  • Became King in 1774
  • Louis XIV 1638-1715, Louis XV 1715-1774
  • Borrowed heavily to help American Revolutionaries
  • American Revolution begins 1775
  • Frances chief rival was England
  • Doubled the Governments debt!

5
Marie Antoinette
  • Married Louis XVI at age 14
  • arranged marriage
  • Member of Royal family of Austria
  • Extremely unpopular with the French
  • Spent lavishly on clothing, jewels, etc.

6
Economic woes of France
  • 1780s widespread crop failures
  • bad weather
  • 1786 Bankers refuse to lend France more money
  • 1789 price of bread doubled
  • People faced starvation

7
France Faces Bankruptcy
  • Louis XVI was desperate
  • He tried to tax the nobles
  • The 2nd Estate protested forced King to call
    the Estates-General
  • Tax Reform was needed

8
The Estates-General
  • 3 House Legislative Body
  • First Established in 1302
  • Comprised of 1st, 2nd, 3rd Estates
  • They met May 5th, 1789 at Versailles
  • Estates-General had not been called in 175 Years!
    (since 1614)

9
Estates-General Voting Procedure
1st Estate
2nd Estate
3rd Estate
Each group meets separately
Each group gets 1-vote
10
Abbe Sieyes
  • Clergyman who inspired the 3rd Estate to fight
    for more power
  • He wrote

What is the Third Estate? Everything What has
been the political order up to now? Nothing What
does it ask? To become something
11
Primary Source Document
  • Reading What is the 3rd Estate?

Suggested they form a NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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