The French Revolution was divided into three social classes the clergy (first estate), the nobles (second estate) and the peasants (third estate). The upper class (the clergy and the nobles) raised the tax prices on the third estate but they didn’t have to pay taxes. They also raised the price of bread which made most of the peasants starve and they would fight over the loaves of bread. But later the third estate creates something known as the National Assembly and they created the Declaration of the Rights of Man which changed many things. There were many things that caused the French Revolution but the main reasons are the inequalities between the social classes, The Enlightenment, and the American example. First of all, the third estate
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The middle class helped develop reading, writing, the scientific method, and many philosophes helped discover new things too. For example, “The working class were incapable of starting or controlling the Revolution. They were just beginning to learn to read,” (Doc 4). This shows that working class (peasants) were too busy and poor to ever discover anything because they didn’t have an education. But the middle class could read and write which is the foundation for everything. Since they knew how to read and write, they could discover new things. Many philosophes helped develop new things such as the scientific method and mathematics. Another example is, “The revolution had been accomplished in the minds of men long before it was translated into fact,” (Doc 4). This shows that the people of the middle class knew that the Revolution was coming and they knew how it would all end because they had been studying society. So before the Revolution, they had already thought out what their plan would be when the Revolution came about. But because of too many different theories it caused people to not be on the same page which greatly affected them during the Revolution. The Enlightenment was one of the causes the Revolution because of the new ideas of the middle …show more content…
America had just established The Declaration of Independence and the French saw how well it was working for them, so they wanted to go in the same direction as America. For example, “The spark that changed thought into action was supplied by the Declaration of American Independence… The American example caused the Revolution to break out,” (Doc 5). This shows that the French were trying to emulate America because they wanted what America had which was liberty and equality. Also after the National Assembly was established, they created The Declaration of the Rights of Man in hopes of getting people’s attention and it would also let the third estate be heard. Another example is, “These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance oppression,” (Doc 8). This is similar to the English Declaration of Independence because our main rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These rights are what the third estate was trying to achieve so that’s why they tried to emulate the English Declaration of Independence. The American example is one of the causes of the Revolution because the French wanted what America had which was
The middle class helped develop reading, writing, the scientific method, and many philosophes helped discover new things too. For example, “The working class were incapable of starting or controlling the Revolution. They were just beginning to learn to read,” (Doc 4). This shows that working class (peasants) were too busy and poor to ever discover anything because they didn’t have an education. But the middle class could read and write which is the foundation for everything. Since they knew how to read and write, they could discover new things. Many philosophes helped develop new things such as the scientific method and mathematics. Another example is, “The revolution had been accomplished in the minds of men long before it was translated into fact,” (Doc 4). This shows that the people of the middle class knew that the Revolution was coming and they knew how it would all end because they had been studying society. So before the Revolution, they had already thought out what their plan would be when the Revolution came about. But because of too many different theories it caused people to not be on the same page which greatly affected them during the Revolution. The Enlightenment was one of the causes the Revolution because of the new ideas of the middle …show more content…
America had just established The Declaration of Independence and the French saw how well it was working for them, so they wanted to go in the same direction as America. For example, “The spark that changed thought into action was supplied by the Declaration of American Independence… The American example caused the Revolution to break out,” (Doc 5). This shows that the French were trying to emulate America because they wanted what America had which was liberty and equality. Also after the National Assembly was established, they created The Declaration of the Rights of Man in hopes of getting people’s attention and it would also let the third estate be heard. Another example is, “These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance oppression,” (Doc 8). This is similar to the English Declaration of Independence because our main rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These rights are what the third estate was trying to achieve so that’s why they tried to emulate the English Declaration of Independence. The American example is one of the causes of the Revolution because the French wanted what America had which was