AS History Matters AS History Matters EconomicSocialPoliticalIntellectual Absolute Monarchy Louis XVI was a Poor decision maker Growth of new ideas i.e. all born equal The EnlightenmentInfluence of America 3 rd Estate’s Tax burden The weather Attempts to Tax nobles Growing deficit Increasing poverty Growing burden of feudal dues Growth of industry And middle class

AS History Matters AS History Matters Louis XVI was a poor decision maker & the Enlightenment The Weather

AS History Matters AS History Matters Wednesday, 21 October 2015 What happened in the years ? KI1: Causes of the French Revolution.

AS History Matters AS History Matters Wednesday, 21 October 2015 Session Aims Causes of the French revolution. Explain the events of the early Revolutionary period

AS History Matters AS History Matters Questions on Matthews pp What is the earliest key cause in the lead up to the Revolution? 2.How did the Louis XV’s reign end? 3.Why is it a surprise that Necker was so popular? 4.How did Necker manage to keep the cash flowing in the late 1770s? Why was this so controversial? 5.When did the Assembly of the Notables gather, and for what purpose was is assembled? 6.What was the Eden treaty? 7.How and why did the Paris Parlement become the nation’s defender and protector? 8.What were the cahier de doleances and what is their importance? 9.Why was the Bastille attacked? 10.What was the status of the Ancien Regime by the summer of 1789?

AS History Matters AS History Matters Using the five boxes of Short Term causes on p19 – arrange them on this continuum. Less important Most important

AS History Matters AS History Matters The Enlightenment

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AS History Matters AS History Matters Economic – Government Debt

AS History Matters AS History Matters Economic – Poor Harvests