Estate- The way the population was divided as it had been since the Middle Ages, into three orders.
Relics of feudalism- aristocratic privileges which were obligations that survived from an earlier age.
Bourgeoisie- a middle class which was another part of the third estate.
Sans- culottes- ordinary patriots without fine clothes. 2.
Louis XVI- also known as Louis Capet, he was king of France and was forced to call a meeting of the Estates- General to raise new taxes.
Tennis Court Oath- the oath that the deputies swore saying that they would continue to meet until they produced a French constitution.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen- this charter of basic liberties began with a ringing affirmation of “the natural and imprescriptible …show more content…
The collapse of government finances in France was because of bad harvests in 1787 and 1788 and a slowdown in manufacturing which led to food shortages, rising prices for food, and unemployment. The number of poor, estimated to be almost one-third of the population which reached crisis proportions on the eve of the revolution. The immediate cause of the revolution was the near collapse of government.
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The main affirmations of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen is that it set up a limited monarchy, but a legislative assembly would set up the laws. 7.
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1. Declaration of the Rights of Man, the declaration went on to proclaim freedom and equal rights for all men, access to public office based on talent, and an end to exemptions from taxation. All citizens were to have the right to take part in the making of laws. Freedom of speech and the press were affirmed.
2. Olympe de Gouges, a woman who refused to accept the exclusion of women from political rights. Echoing the words of the official declaration, she penned a declaration of the rights of woman and the female citizen. In it, she insisted that women should have all the same rights as men.
3. King Louis XVI, refused to accept the National Assembly’s decrees on the abolition of
Relics of feudalism- aristocratic privileges which were obligations that survived from an earlier age.
Bourgeoisie- a middle class which was another part of the third estate.
Sans- culottes- ordinary patriots without fine clothes. 2.
Louis XVI- also known as Louis Capet, he was king of France and was forced to call a meeting of the Estates- General to raise new taxes.
Tennis Court Oath- the oath that the deputies swore saying that they would continue to meet until they produced a French constitution.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen- this charter of basic liberties began with a ringing affirmation of “the natural and imprescriptible …show more content…
The collapse of government finances in France was because of bad harvests in 1787 and 1788 and a slowdown in manufacturing which led to food shortages, rising prices for food, and unemployment. The number of poor, estimated to be almost one-third of the population which reached crisis proportions on the eve of the revolution. The immediate cause of the revolution was the near collapse of government.
6.
The main affirmations of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen is that it set up a limited monarchy, but a legislative assembly would set up the laws. 7.
CHART-
1. Declaration of the Rights of Man, the declaration went on to proclaim freedom and equal rights for all men, access to public office based on talent, and an end to exemptions from taxation. All citizens were to have the right to take part in the making of laws. Freedom of speech and the press were affirmed.
2. Olympe de Gouges, a woman who refused to accept the exclusion of women from political rights. Echoing the words of the official declaration, she penned a declaration of the rights of woman and the female citizen. In it, she insisted that women should have all the same rights as men.
3. King Louis XVI, refused to accept the National Assembly’s decrees on the abolition of