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15 Cards in this Set
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What is France like in 1789?
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-Starts losing power
-United States already has constitution -Old Regime: absolute monarch -French revolution starting |
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What were the three estates?
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1. clergy
2. nobility 3. commoners |
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Clergy (5%)
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-Collected tithe
-Did not pay taxes -Controlled 10% land -Lower clergy did all the work -Lazy |
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Nobility (1.5 - 2.5%)
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-Payed few taxes
-Controlled 10% land -Held high military positions=power -Special privileges -Irresponsible, thoughtless |
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Commoners (97-98 %)
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-27 million
-bourgeoisie -laborers -artisans -peasants |
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What were the causes of discontent in France in the 1700s?
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1. growth of population - more food means more money
2. changing of economic conditions - landowners raise rent, causing third estate to hate 1st/2nd 3. food becomes more expensive 4. wages stay low |
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What are some of France's financial conflicts before the revolution?
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1. Years of wars - Louis XIV left France in debt
2. Louis XVI and wife Marie Antionette waste money 3. Louis XVI asks nobility to pay taxes, which angers them and causes estates general meeting |
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What does the new National Assembly do?
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1. Gets rid of tithe
2. Stops feudal dues 3. Takes away privileges from 1st/2nd estates 4. Adopts Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens |
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
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All men are equal, freedom of speech, press, and religion, right to a trial, right to involvement in government
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What one thing did the Declaration of the Rights of Man not include?
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Women
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When did the storming of the Bastille take place and what did it symbolize?
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July 14, 1789 - marks day of Independence for France because Louis XVI could no longer enforce his will
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Once the National Assembly formed, what were people afraid of?
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The King bringing in soldiers
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What was the "Great Fear?"
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Peasant revolts breaking out all over France because commoners afraid king/nobility/clergy plotting against them
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When the National Assembly takes over the Church and sells of its land, what problem does this cause?
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Angers many peasants and turns some against them
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Why was the Bastille stormed?
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To get gunpowder
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