French Revolution

*"Upper Clergy"(bishops, high ranking officials) and "Lower Clergy" (Parish Priests) *Owned 10% of land, 1% population *Didn't pay taxes but took 10% of others income *Only aristocrats for upper clergy *lower clergy overworked

*The Nobility of Aristocrats *Held important positions in church. army, government *paid little taxes *did little work *advisers to king

*Pesants, city workers, farmers, and "Bougeoisie"(middle class lawyers and merchants) *No land, income was taxed, not enough to eat *No role in government *Power positions by birthright

The political and social system that exsisted in France before the French Revolution

3rd estate

An assembly of representatives from all thress of the estates, or social classes, in France.

3rd estate goes to tennis courts and said they wouldnt leace until the government wrote a new constitution. The natural assembly gets a constitution of their own. once this happens there isnt any estates any more but social class still exists.

A french congress established by representatives of the Thrid Estate enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people.

French congress with the power to create laws and approve declarations of war, established by the Constitution of 1791.

A statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by France's National Assembly in 1789. it says that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights".

*Crowds of angry Prisians look for storehouses of weapons and gunpowder to protect themselves from royal soldiers. *They break into tha bastille and get gun powder for their weapons. *Riots against king and queen start up

*a wave of panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the bastille. *peasants burned manor houses, burned legal papers that made them pay taxes and rioted *Nobles got scared of what might happen next *National Assembly suppots peasant uprisings and decree abolishes feudalism

*fat *unprepared to be king *married to marie antoinette *to the right/conservatives on the political spectrum because it supported monarchies

*given name- madam deficit *selfish, extravegent spender even when there was a food shortage *from Austria *not popular *married to King Louis

*leader of the Committee of Public Safety. *decided who should be enemies of the republic *governed France as a dictator and his rule became known as the Reign of Terror *On the left/radicals of the political spectrum because he wwent against everything monarchies stood for(religion)