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Causes of French Revolution (National Assembly (Angry third estate (Tennis…
Causes of French Revolution
National Assembly
Angry third estate
Tennis Court Oath
They pledged on oath not to leave until the king agreed to meet their demands
making a constitution
The third estate wanted to set up a constitution showing how
France should be
Creation of National Assembly
Having grown tired of the arguments over how each order should vote. They declared them self as a national assembly
Bad Harvest
Low Bread Supply
Bad Weather
In 1787-1789. With the terrible weather, heavy rain, and very harsh winters and too hot summers. Led to three horrible harvest.
Loss of Jobs
With these bad harvest peasants couldn't sell many crops and buy many either. With this many people lost there job and became hungry and unable to feed themselves.
Starving people
With the people of France heavily depending on agriculture in the 1700's. The bad harvest lead to many starving people in France
Louis Calls the Estate General
Unfair Voting
Hoping for better
Each of these estates hoped for a better lifestyle or better rule.
Summoned estate general
The King Summoned the Estate Generals to Versailles, where he had a body of troops.
Calls all three estates
In August 1788, King Louis XVI called the Estate General for the first time since 1614.
Money
Debt
Helping the Americans
With helping the Americans in their revolution and fighting in the French vs Indian war it drained their money down.
Marie Antoinette Bad spending
People though that most of the money went to Queen Marie-Antoinette jewelry collection.
Bankruptcy
By 1789, the French government went completely bankrupt and was 4000 million livres in dept.