Our story takes place in France around 1780 during the French Revolution. At the time the french society was divided into three different social classes called estates. At the top was the king and below him was the first estate that consisted of the clergy and priests. Below them was the second estate and this is where the nobles stood. Lastly at the bottom was the third estate and this was made up of the majority of the population and they were known as commoners. Life wasn’t easy at the time especially because France was in an economic crisis. Our story will follow the life of “Billy”, a peasant in the third estate. We will get to see his perspective and thoughts on all of the important events that unfolded during the French Revolution.
France was in a deep financial crisis and the people were unsure of what was to come. Louis XVI didn’t know what to do so he called for the Meeting of the Estates General to be held at the Palace of Versailles. King Louis XVI wanted all of the estates to prepare and write down any problem with the law such as fairer taxes or freedom of the press so they could discuss it at the meeting. The Third Estate didn’t like the the idea of “vote by order” …show more content…
All of the little steps such as: fighting for an equal voting system to writing a more fair constitution all heavily influenced the rise of democracy and the downfall of a monarchy. The most important idea that all of these smaller ideas led up to is Napoleon’s idea of Nationalism. Nationalism is the base of a democracy, allowing people to revolt against unjust leaders and preaching the idea that everyone is equal. Nationalism can be summed up into three words, equality, liberty, and fraternity. Without the French Revolution other major countries and governments would not have been influenced by the ideas of democracy. Without the French Revolution, who knows where we would have been
France was in a deep financial crisis and the people were unsure of what was to come. Louis XVI didn’t know what to do so he called for the Meeting of the Estates General to be held at the Palace of Versailles. King Louis XVI wanted all of the estates to prepare and write down any problem with the law such as fairer taxes or freedom of the press so they could discuss it at the meeting. The Third Estate didn’t like the the idea of “vote by order” …show more content…
All of the little steps such as: fighting for an equal voting system to writing a more fair constitution all heavily influenced the rise of democracy and the downfall of a monarchy. The most important idea that all of these smaller ideas led up to is Napoleon’s idea of Nationalism. Nationalism is the base of a democracy, allowing people to revolt against unjust leaders and preaching the idea that everyone is equal. Nationalism can be summed up into three words, equality, liberty, and fraternity. Without the French Revolution other major countries and governments would not have been influenced by the ideas of democracy. Without the French Revolution, who knows where we would have been