Ania John Adelphi Academy Upper School
Mr.Assante Grade 10
History 10 December 29, 2015
The Outbreak of the French
Revolution
The French Revolution started in 1789. During this revolution, there were a lot of preposterous ideas and these ideas came from the Enlightenment thinkers. The monarchy disliked these ideas because they passed ridiculous sayings about them. The effects of the French Revolution are widely diverse and many different ideas come to mind. The causes of the revolution are the third estate problem, taxation, finances, and the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizens. …show more content…
The Third Estate is made out of merchants, bankers, manufactures, lawyers, and mostly peasants. The peasant population is greater than the First and Second Estate combined. The population percentage is 98%, land ownership is 65%, and the government taxation is 100% (Document 6). In Document 10, there is a political cartoon, that shows how the Estate General treating the third estate very badly. In Document 1, Arthur Young was approached by a poor women in July of 1789 and she complained about the hard times. She said “The tailles and feudal dues [rents owed the lords] are crushing us”. This means that since the rent has been raised, the lords have been squeezing all of the money out of
Mr.Assante Grade 10
History 10 December 29, 2015
The Outbreak of the French
Revolution
The French Revolution started in 1789. During this revolution, there were a lot of preposterous ideas and these ideas came from the Enlightenment thinkers. The monarchy disliked these ideas because they passed ridiculous sayings about them. The effects of the French Revolution are widely diverse and many different ideas come to mind. The causes of the revolution are the third estate problem, taxation, finances, and the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizens. …show more content…
The Third Estate is made out of merchants, bankers, manufactures, lawyers, and mostly peasants. The peasant population is greater than the First and Second Estate combined. The population percentage is 98%, land ownership is 65%, and the government taxation is 100% (Document 6). In Document 10, there is a political cartoon, that shows how the Estate General treating the third estate very badly. In Document 1, Arthur Young was approached by a poor women in July of 1789 and she complained about the hard times. She said “The tailles and feudal dues [rents owed the lords] are crushing us”. This means that since the rent has been raised, the lords have been squeezing all of the money out of