French Revo:
Fun Fact- During the French Revo, George Washington became the 1st president of the USA.
More Beginnings:
Started in 1789 and lasted till 1799. In 1700s France and England were considered the most advanced contries in Europe and world. It had a large popuation and a great(good and bad) foreign trade. However, much of the world didnt know the extreme debt that France had occurred.
OLD REGIME- in the 1700s the social and political system of France was called the old regime. Under thisregime, there were 3 large social classes called estates.
First Estate- made up of clergy of the Roman Catholic Church(priest, bishops, deacons, cardinals). Had to pay 2 percent of their earnings to taxes. Owned ten percent of the lands in France. Their jobs were to provide religion, education, and relief services to te poor. Less than 1 percent of French population were in this estate.
Second Estate- This group was made up of rich nobles. They held the highest offices in the government in France. This estate paid 0 percent of income tex. Owned 20 percent of the lands in France. This estate jad only 2 percent of the population of France.
Third Estate- Included everyone that was not in the first two estates. Had no power to influence their government in France. Had to pay 50 percent of income/food to taxes. Resented the first two classes. Owned 70 percent of the lands in France and consisted of 97 percent of the population.
Enlightenment Ideals: Enlightment is a complex with many influences for this chapter we will foces of the influence from USA. the 3rd estate was becomeing very tired of the Old Regime. They prompted the ideals of equality, liberty, and democracy.
Weak Leader: LouisXVI(married to Marie Antoinette) was a weak leader. He was very indecisive and paid very little attention to his advisors. Marie didnt help much either with costantly expressing her opinion and the fact that she was from Austria. He finally wanted to tax the nobles, but they werent happy there either so the ESTATES GENERAL was called.
Estates General- An assembly of representatives from all three estates. Their goal was to approve the new tax. The meeting was held on may 5, 1789 in Versailles. It was the first time the assembly had met in 175 years.
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