How Was French Society Divided Prior To The French Revolution?
The French Revolution of Kings, Queens, & Guillotines
3
Estates
1. How was French Society divided prior to the French Revolution?
1st Estate (less than 1%): Catholic Clergy
Owned 10% of land in France
Paid 2% of income for taxes
Scorned Enlightenment ideas
2nd Estate (2%): Rich nobles
Owned 20% of land
Paid little or no taxes
Disagreed with Enlightenment ideas
3rd Estate (97%): Commoners
2. Explain the different divisions of the 3rd estate.
3 types of people
Bourgeoisie(middle class)
Skilled Workers
Peasants
Cause for Revolution
1. Discuss the tax system in pre-revolutionary France.
Taxed heavily and unhappy. Peasants needed to pay half of their income and the rich people needed to pay almost none.
2. How did the …show more content…
Describe the Storming of the Bastille.
Rumors flying through Paris
Some thought Louis was going to use military to destroy the National Assembly
Some thought foreign troops were coming to massacre French people
People gathered weapons to defend city against attack
Mob searching for gunpowder stormed Paris prison, Bastille
Hacked prison guards & commander to death & carried heads on pikes
Bastille Day: July 14, French national holiday (like 4th of July)
2. What was the Great Fear that swept through France after the bastille?
Wave of violence sweeps across France
Peasants become outlaws
Break into nobles homes, burn legal fee papers they owed nobles, women angry about high bread prices march from Paris to Versailles
Demand the king return to Paris, king & queen flee
Declaration of the
Rights
of Man
1. What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Influenced by Declaration of Independence
“men are born and remain free and equal in rights”
Rights: liberty, property, security, freedom from oppression
Freedoms: speech, religion, equal justice
Slogan: “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
Decl Rights of Women=rejected & executed
2. List some of the Enlightenment thinkers AND their ideas that appear in this
3
Estates
1. How was French Society divided prior to the French Revolution?
1st Estate (less than 1%): Catholic Clergy
Owned 10% of land in France
Paid 2% of income for taxes
Scorned Enlightenment ideas
2nd Estate (2%): Rich nobles
Owned 20% of land
Paid little or no taxes
Disagreed with Enlightenment ideas
3rd Estate (97%): Commoners
2. Explain the different divisions of the 3rd estate.
3 types of people
Bourgeoisie(middle class)
Skilled Workers
Peasants
Cause for Revolution
1. Discuss the tax system in pre-revolutionary France.
Taxed heavily and unhappy. Peasants needed to pay half of their income and the rich people needed to pay almost none.
2. How did the …show more content…
Describe the Storming of the Bastille.
Rumors flying through Paris
Some thought Louis was going to use military to destroy the National Assembly
Some thought foreign troops were coming to massacre French people
People gathered weapons to defend city against attack
Mob searching for gunpowder stormed Paris prison, Bastille
Hacked prison guards & commander to death & carried heads on pikes
Bastille Day: July 14, French national holiday (like 4th of July)
2. What was the Great Fear that swept through France after the bastille?
Wave of violence sweeps across France
Peasants become outlaws
Break into nobles homes, burn legal fee papers they owed nobles, women angry about high bread prices march from Paris to Versailles
Demand the king return to Paris, king & queen flee
Declaration of the
Rights
of Man
1. What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Influenced by Declaration of Independence
“men are born and remain free and equal in rights”
Rights: liberty, property, security, freedom from oppression
Freedoms: speech, religion, equal justice
Slogan: “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
Decl Rights of Women=rejected & executed
2. List some of the Enlightenment thinkers AND their ideas that appear in this