So Where Are We?

Into to Chapter 18 The French Revolution

1740Frederick II rules in Prussia

1751 – Encyclopedia Published

1759 - Voltaire Publishes Candid

1754 –Seven Years War starts

1763 – Treaty of Paris

1762- Rousseau publishes what book?

1776 – Declaration of Independence

1789 -Start French Revolution

The Ancien Regime

• Also referred to as “The Old Order”-What does this imply?-Is France the only state that follows this?• Dividing of social classes called Estates-Can you guess what groups make up the Estates?

Who was the First Estate?

• The Church was the First Estate• 1789 – Clergy had wealth and privilege• Owned 10% of land• Collected tithes – what are these?• Which group of people would target the

church?

Who is the Second Estate?• Nobles held the power in the Second Estate• Nobles rights were trampled on by who?• Many nobles disliked absolutism-Based on what you know, why would they?• Nobles also did not like the royal bureaucracy-Who was holding important jobs?

Who was the Third Estate?

• Most diverse of the classes in France• Bourgeoisie – middle class, made up of

bankers, merchants, lawyers, manufacturers • Most of the Third Estate was rural peasants,

however the poorest were urban workers, most were unemployed

• Who do you think paid the most taxes?

Unfair Taxation

• First Estate – paid NO taxes• Second Estate – very little• Third Estate – Peasants/Urban workers paid

majority of taxes in France• First and Second Estates held Traditional Rights of

paying no, or very little, taxes• Together the Estates made up the Estates

General {legislative body with reps from each estate}