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Part B The French Revolution was the most violent and universally significant if all the similar revolutions in the West of the 18th century. The feudal regime had been weakened, which resulted in poor conditions for the peasants. Wealthy merchants and commoners, often called the bourgeoisie, wanted more political power, while peasants, who had attained a fairly good standard of living, wanted feudalism to burn out so that they could own land (since they had the capability to do that). Since…

1. Three observations that Arthur Young made about the life in France between the years 1787 and 1789 were that the poor people seem very poor as even the children are terribly ragged, the lack of bread is terrible as the price of it is above the peasant’s ability to pay, and that a woman joined him and complained about the hard times as the high taxes are crushing the peasants. 2. a. The conclusion that I can draw about the relationship between the percentage of the population in each estate…

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…

Today in class we discussed the French Revolution. The three main factors that led to the French Revolution was the middle class (Bourgeoisie) wanted a government that would respond to their needs, shortage in wheat, and lastly a major debt problem. France’s debt was accumulated from the Seven Year’s War, the American Revolution, and lastly the construction of Versailles by Louis XIV. A wheat shortage led to the issue when the lack of supply of wheat drove wheat prices to inflated levels. This…

By definition, noblesse oblige is the inferred responsibility of the privileged people to act with generosity and nobility toward those less privileged. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens expresses how the concept of noblesse oblige is heavily neglected because the aristocracy has a deep hatred for the third estate, the aristocracy uses their riches for their own personal gain, and the rich make no effort to help the less fortunate. The upper class of France during the French Revolution…

A vast amount of change for all of the social classes happened during The French Revolution. In 1789 which is the beginning of the Revolution there were around 25,000 noble families (Beck). This was only about one percent of Frances population, but they were the wealthiest class and owned around twenty-five percent of all French land (Beck). Even though the nobles were the wealthiest estate their wealth varied greatly with the average income being 8,000 livres (Beck). The overall life of the…

whereas the Divine Right of Kings protected at least the institution if not monarch. The Social Contract protected neither. According to many a serious breach of a nation’s social contract by the monarch, entitled the ‘people’, to revisit the terms completely. In all three Revolutions, the Crown fought for its ancestral rights and privileges, it lost every time. The crowns victorious opponents regarded these offensives, as attacks on the Social Contract by the Monarchy. With the ‘contracts’ null…

The French Revolution has political, social and economic changes. Economically, France faced severe financial crisis due to overspending. At the time they also faced bad harvests that resulted in the shortage of food. Politically, France had an absolute monarch that they suffered under and most people were denied basic rights such as a say in their government. Socially, France was divided among Three Estates. The third estate was made up of 98% of the population and had the fewest rights, the…

In France there were different levels that people were held. God was first, next is the king, the king is just below God due to Divine Right. Under the king, there are three estates. What were the Three Estates? The Three Estates were the three social classes of France during the old regime. The Three Estates consisted of three social classes, which were the First, Second, and Third Estates. The First Estate was made up of the clergy, the Second Estate was made up of nobles, and the Third Estate…

The Enlightenment was a time in European history when many people started to think about the way they were being ruled. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized the idea of personal freedom and challenging the monarchy. Enlightenments thinkers and writes pushed for democracy and the recognition of “natural rights.” As more and more people adopted the mindset of the Enlightenment, they realized that the way they were being treated by the government was oppressive. This led to many tensions and conflicts…