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French Revolution Warm Ups

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BACKGROUNDSTRONG

“THE SUN KING”

LOUIS XIV (14)

Fine Tunes the ABSOLUTE MONARCHY

Built a palace at VERSAILLES

Louis XVI (16) & Marie Antoinette

IN DEBT BIG TIME

Wars

Bad Money Management

Supported Am. Revolution

Kin and Queen’s Spending

WEAK

FRENCH SOCIAL CLASSES = ESTATES

1ST CLERGY1%

ESTATE WHO’S IN IT? % OF POPULATION

ESTATE WHO’S IN IT? % OF POPULATION

2ND NOBILITY 2%

ESTATE WHO’S IN IT? % OF POPULATION

3RD EVERYONE ELSE

97%BOURGEOISIE (WHITE COLLAR)

PETIT BOURGEOISIE (BLUE COLLAR)

PEASANTS (FARMERS)

King needed $, called for a meeting of the Estates General

(wanted to tax 1st and 2nd Estates)

ESTATES GENERAL

1ST 1% 1 VOTE

2ND 2% 1 VOTE

3RD 97% 1 VOTE

June 17, 1789 – 3rd Estate becomes National Assembly

Louis XVI is indecisive –did not recognize Assembly

Riots in Paris over price of bread

July 14, 1789 – Storming of the Bastille

Vocab1.1. Old RegimeOld Regime2.2. Three EstatesThree Estates3.3. BastilleBastille4.4. Reign of TerrorReign of Terror5.5. revolutionrevolution6.6. French RevolutionFrench Revolution7.7. WaterlooWaterloo8.8. Congress of ViennaCongress of Vienna9.9. guillotineguillotine10.10. Napoleonic CodeNapoleonic Code

11.11. nationalismnationalism12.12. coup d’etatcoup d’etat13.13. Hundred DaysHundred Days14.14. exileexile15.15. Louis XVILouis XVI16.16. RobespierreRobespierre17.17. NapoleonNapoleon18.18. EstatesEstates19.19. National assemblyNational assembly20.20. Scorched earth policyScorched earth policy