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FRENCH REVOLUTION (3rd Estate (Created the National Assembly (Claimed to…
FRENCH REVOLUTION
3rd Estate
Working Class
Peasants
Taxed
Made up 27 Million in population
Starving
98%
Created the National Assembly
Claimed to be the voice of the people
2nd Estate
Not Taxed
Approx. made up 1.5% of population
Nobles
Duchess'
Knights
Dukes
Kept in Palace of Versailles
Well fed; not starving
1st Esate
Clergy
The church
Bishops
Priests
Cardinals
Well Fed; Not starving
Not Taxed
Approx. made up 0.5% of population
Maximillien Robespierre
Creator of The Committee of Public Safety
Responsible for all the executions
Used The Guillotine only.
Not barbaric like the other death penalty was back in the day
"Great Equalizer"
More humane
Supposedly a quick death
Leader of the Jacobins
Royalty
Includes the Royal Family
Louis XVI (King)
Charged (and convicted) of Treason
From France
Died by Guillotine
Their children
Brainwashed to forget their royal past after their parents' death
Marie Antoinette (Queen)
Charged of incest with 12 yr old son
From Austria
Died by the Guillotine
Definitely well fed.
Did not care that much about their people not having food
This was the start of the Revolution