French Revolution :Pre-Revolutionary Society Long Term Causes Short Term Causes Aftermath Flashcards
Midterm Study
PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY
What did this society consist of ?
Clergy,
Nobles
Professional people,
peasants and laborers
After this would lead on to the estates.
PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY
Which estates were Clergy and Nobles
Clergy was First Estate
Nobles was Second Estate
PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY
What estate was
Professional people,
peasants and laborers
Third Estate
PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY
First Estate and Second Estate were…
the smallest part of the
population
( least % in taxes )
PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY
Third Estate was…
the Largest part of population
( paid greatest % in taxes )
PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY Land Ownership
in order
____ ____ _____
Clerks Nobles Professional people,
peasants and laborers
( percentages with the clerks, nobles..etc.)
10% 20% and 70%
this was their land ownership %
LONG TERM CAUSES
what was King Louis XVI known for being
to 1792)
( –ruled from 1774 –1792)
weak and indecisive,
and lacked self-confidence
**LONG TERM CAUSES **(Economic)
General Jacques Turgot
believed in the…
Enlightenment
philosophy
LONG TERM CAUSES
Deficit Financing…
Variation on taxation from town to town
LONG TERM CAUSES
Deficit Financing made expections for…
for privileged groups
Unjust Legal System…
-The king could imprison anyone for any
reason for any period of time trial
( –A person could remain in jail without trial)
ESTATES GENERAL
what did King Louis XVI need to do
he needed to raise money to support
The government
LONG TERM CAUSES (ECONOMIC)
under economy they (Controller General Jacques Turgot)…
didn’t have the peasants work on the
royal roads, no corvee labor.
LONG TERM CAUSES (ECONOMIC)
what was removed
restrictions on grain and
abolished the guilds
ESTATES GENERAL
How does King Louis XVI raise money
He calls together the first session of the Estates General
( It had not been called in 175 years)
ESTATES GENERAL
How were the delegates selected?
The king invites citizens to meet and elect
delegates in their local parishes to district
local assemblies and to draft petitions (Cashiers) views
ESTATES GENERAL
First Estate and Second Estate consist of
300 representatives.
ESTATES GENERAL
Third Estate Consist of
300 representatives
what happens
National Assembly
June 17, 1789
The Third Estate withdraws and forms
the National Assembly.
Why did the Third Estate form the National Assembly?
They want to
limit the power of the king and more
rights for the common people
Tennis Court Oath…
Third Estate members moved indoors to a Tennis court and vowed to not seperate until they had given France a constitution
King Louis XVI’s Response…
addresses all the delegates on
June 23, 1789.
and
threatens to arrest the
National assembly.
National Assembly’s Response
( to King Louis XVI’s Response )
Peasants storm the Bastille,
and
the peasants burn all the tax
records.
( The Revolution has begun)
***The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins
1792–The revolution was in full force.
There were two factions:
Revolutionists and
Radicals
**The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins
The radicals were called
Jacobins.
( They believed in establishing liberty by coercion.)
**The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins
What happens to King Louis XVI?
Louis XVI is guillotined 1793 for
treason. plotting with the Austria and Prussia.
**The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins
who takes over after king louis
Maximilien Robespierre
**The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins
When Maximilien Robespierre takes over he …
institutes two laws:
Law of Suspects
and Law of Maxium
**The Reign of Terror and the
Law of Maxium
General price controls
**The Reign of Terror and the
\
Law of Suspects
Imprison citizens whose
loyalty they suspected
The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins
*Maximilien Robespierre
*
All of his policies led to..
the Reign of Terror and the 12-Man Committee on
Public Safety
*The Reign of Terror and the
After the death of Robespierre, France was ruled by
a Directory
It was a five-man executive group
and had a two-house legislature.
**reign of terror
Directory
They were unable to fix France’s financial problems in result
As a result Napoleon takes over in France.
