The French Revolution: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité ou la mort
Pré-Révolution(Pre-Revolution)- The date is June 11th, 1775. Amidst a crumbling financial status, France is coronating its new king, whose name is Louis XVI. The degrading economy was the drastic result from both the Seven Years’ War, and the American Revolution. King Louis XVI, who is a timid person, isn’t really sure how to combat the economic problem. His wife Marie Antoinette, didn’t help with the debt, but instead spent her time “ordering hundreds of gowns, trying out elaborate hairstyles and hosting lavish parties at her private retreat, Petit Trianon, on Versailles' expansive grounds,” (HowStuffWorks.com Contributors, 2014 ), which earned her the nickname Madame Deficit. Addition to the failing economy, France had problems with its estate-general, which basically separates the country in three parts: The clergymen, The Wealthy Upper Class, and the Commoners.
La cause de la Révolution française(The cause of the French Revolution)- There are three main causes of the French Revolution: The Social Cause, The Economic Cause, And The Immediate Cause. Like stated in the prior paragraph, France had three estates: The clergymen, The Wealthy Upper Class, and the Commoners. The clergymen and the upper class had more rights than the commoners, so they couldn’t enjoy the luxuries the other two classes could. “New views about power and authority in government were spreading among the Third Estate. The people began questioning long-standing notions about the structure of society and using words like equality, liberty, and democracy. The success of the American Revolution inspired them.” (Lake travis School, 2011). The Economic Cause was by a New tax law that King Louis had set in place. This law stated the a land tax would be issued the Third class, while the king, the clergy, and the nobility were all exempt from it. Addition the price of food, mainly bread, was rising and since bread was the French’s main source of food there became major problems. The third
La cause de la Révolution française(The cause of the French Revolution)- There are three main causes of the French Revolution: The Social Cause, The Economic Cause, And The Immediate Cause. Like stated in the prior paragraph, France had three estates: The clergymen, The Wealthy Upper Class, and the Commoners. The clergymen and the upper class had more rights than the commoners, so they couldn’t enjoy the luxuries the other two classes could. “New views about power and authority in government were spreading among the Third Estate. The people began questioning long-standing notions about the structure of society and using words like equality, liberty, and democracy. The success of the American Revolution inspired them.” (Lake travis School, 2011). The Economic Cause was by a New tax law that King Louis had set in place. This law stated the a land tax would be issued the Third class, while the king, the clergy, and the nobility were all exempt from it. Addition the price of food, mainly bread, was rising and since bread was the French’s main source of food there became major problems. The third