French Revolution + Society - Part 1 Flashcards
The King and Queen of France were __________ and __________.
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Each estate made up what percentage of the population?
First - 1%
Second - 2%
THird - 97%
Each estate owned what percentage of the land?
First - 10%
Second - 20%
Third - 65%
Who makes up the First Estate?
Clergy
Who makes up the second estate?
Nobles
Who makes up the third estate?
Peasants, Buisiness Owners, pretty much anyone that is not part of the Nobility or Clergy
Who were the borgeoise?
people from the third estate - fancy pants
seemed wealthier and more powerful than they really were
Why was the third estate becoming angered?
they were the only social class paying taxes and had hardly any representation in government
Where was most of France’s income going?
paying off debt
What was the biggest cause of France’s financial debt?
deficit spending
palace of versailles - KLXVI
What did DOROMAC stand for?
Declaration
Of
Rights
Of
Man
And
Citizen
Who was left out of the DOROMAC
women
Who did King Loiuis XVI call on to fix France’s economy?
Jacques Necker?
What were Jacques Necker’s propositions?
- Reduce extravagent spending
- Abolish burdensome tariffs on trade
- Give third estate more representation, and start taxing 1st + 2nd estates
What was the issue with the estates general?
they hadn’t met in 175 years
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
an oath taken by the third estate members, vowing to make a written consitution for france.
What was the ancient regime?
European social system in the middle ages.
What crimes were committed in the storming of the Bastille?
- B&E
- Murder
- Intent to Steal
- Freeing federal prisoners
What happened when the peasants began burning Chateus?
all legal documents and fudal observations were destroyed
What did nobility & clergy have to give up in response to the Great Fear?
- Fuedal dues/serfdom
- The tithe
- Hunting + Fishing rights
- Personal privliges
After the Parisian Uprising, __________ had power over __________.
the national assembly had power over the church
What was a result of the French Constitution of 1791?`
- Set up a limited monarchy
- Set up a legislative assembly to make laws + collect taxes
- Set up 83 different provinces
- Reformed old laws and abolished old courts
What rights did the DOROMAC grant people - who also philosphised this?
Liberty, Property, resistance to opression
John Locke
What was the signifigance of the storming of the bastille?
- gave people confidence
- threatened KLXVI
- challenged existance of the regime
- Frances national independance day
