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Chapter 23 Section A French Revolution The Old Regime Old Regime – System of feudalism, in France, Left over from the Middle Ages First Estate Made-up of the Roman Catholic Church They Scorned the Enlightenment

The Old Regime

French Revolution Second Estate Made-up of rich nobles Held offices in government Disagreed about Enlightenment ideas

French Revolution Third Estate Included the bourgeoisie, urban lower class, and peasant farmer Had no power to influence government Embraced Enlightenment ideas Peasants formed the largest group within the Third Estate (80%) Paid the highest taxes within the Old Regime

French Revolution The Estate Structure

French Revolution The Forces of Change Enlightenment ideas of “equality, liberty and democracy” Economic woes: 1.High Taxes 2.Rising cost of living 3.Crop failures due to bad weather caused a shortage of grain 4.Louis XVI’s excessive spending

French Revolution Weak Leader 1.King was indecisive 2.Unpopular queen (Marie Antoinette) because she was Austrian, nicknamed Madame Deficit 3.Louis attempts to tax the aristocracy and is forced to call a meeting of the Estates- General

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

French Revolution Revolution Dawns First and Second Estates could always out vote the Third Estate National Assembly Bourgeoisie wants all Estates to meet in the same hall and ALL delegated to have one vote King upholds Medieval Rules National Assembly (Third Estate) passes laws and reforms in the name of the French People National Assembly in effect proclaims the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of representative government in France. This is the first act of revolution.

French National Assembly

French Revolution Locked out of their meeting hall they met at an indoor tennis court and pledge to stay until they had drawn up a new constitution Rumors of foreign troop coming to massacre French citizens cause a mob to storm the Bastille (July 14, 1789) GREAT FEAR – Attack against the nobility. Women rioted over the price of bread, and captured Louis XVI and his family

Great Fear

TA23 B Read Pages Copy and Define Terms on Page 661 Copy and Answer Questions 11 & 12 on Page 676

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