1. LONG TERM CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
GROWTH OF INDUSTRY AND THE RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
GROWING BURDEN OF
FEUDAL DUES
SOCIAL
INCREASING POVERTY
POLITICAL
LONG TERM CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
INTELLECTUAL
GROWTH OF NEW IDEAS
E.G. EVERYONE IS BORN EQUAL
ECONOMIC
GROWING GOVERNMENT DEBT
ATTEMPT TO TAX NOBLES
THE INFLUENCE OF AMERICA
TAX BURDEN ON THE THIRD ESTATE

2. The First Estate The Third Estate
Consisted of Roman Catholic Clergy
The First
Estate
Consisted of Nobles, 2% of population, owned 20% of the land
The Second Estate
The Third Estate
They had little rights & paid half of their income in taxes
The Third Estate Included:
Bourgeoisie-wealthy merchants & skilled workers
City Workers –poorly paid servants
Peasants – 80% of the population were farmers

3. RESULTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Feudalism was abolished
Nobles and clergy lost special privileges
Liberty, Equality and Brotherhood
Declaration of the Rights of Man – all are equal
National Assembly
Church cannot levy tax on crops, lost privileges for clergy, church property was confiscated
Constitution of 1791 – Constitutional Monarchy

4. CAUSES OF THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION
FR. NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY GIVE GENS DE COULEUR LIBRES RIGHT TO VOTE –WHITES RESIST
RACIST SOCIETY
Whites – Blancs – own property
Petit Blancs – merchants
Gens de couleur – light & dark skinned blacks – can’t own property or vote
FRENCH REVOLUTION
Slaves
POLITICAL
SOCIAL
Conflict within each group
CAUSES OF THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION
ECONOMIC
INTELLECTUAL
INFLUENCED BY THE ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS
FRANCE’S MOST PROFITABLE COLONY
EXPORTING SUGAR AND COFFEE
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN & THE CITIZEN
DEMAND FOR SLAVES NEEDED FOR $$ TO FRANCE

5. RESULTS OF HAITIAN REVOLUTION
L’Ouverture – autonomous government –Free from French rule
Independent Republic of Haiti
Slavery abolished
1st postcolonial sovereign nation in Latin America
Won a successful revolution against a European Empire
First postcolonial black-led nation in the world