GRADE 12 (FET) FRENCH REVOLUTION

CAUSES OF THE FRECH REVOLUTION

OLD REGIME

◦FRANCE WAS DIVIDED IN TO THREE ESTATES

CLERGY NOBILITYEVERYONE

ELSE

FIRST ESTATE◦ CLERGY

◦ EXEMPTED FROM TAXES

◦ THIRD ESTATE PAID TITHES(TAX) TO CLERGY

◦ ENJOYED PRIVILEGES

SECOND ESTATE◦NOBILITY

◦ EXEMPTED FROM TAXES

◦ ENJOYED PRIVILEGES  

THIRD ESTATE◦ PEASANTS,LABOURERS,SERVANTS,ETC

◦ PAID TITHES

◦ PAID TAILLE

LOUIS XVI WAS THE KING OF FRANCE HE CALLED AN ASSEMBLY

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY◦ THIRD ESTATE FORMED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

◦ TOOK OATH IN TENNIS COURT TO PREPARE CONSTITUTION

◦WANTED TO LIMIT POWERS OF MONARCH

THE REIGN OF TERROR

WAR AND TERROR

◦France is at war◦Austria and prussia fear the revolution◦They demand that the crown is returned to king Louis XVI◦France declares war

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