French Revolution
"The Enlightenment"
The idea of separation of powers
Special People
Special Dates
Separation from church and state "Secularism" People don't want religion to be in government
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War was expensive. France was heavily in debt but still helped the American Revolution
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Marquis de Lafayette. Was imprisoned for being a radical later on.
Estates General Meeting (may 5th 1789)
The third state had little power which means it was often overuled
1 vote per estate
1st esate clergy 2nd nobles 3rd poor people and working class.
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Many people in the working class were starving. 90% of the money they would earn would be used for bread.
"Tennis Court Oath"
"The Reign of Terror" (1973-1974)
A man named Robespierre began to climb power ranks and eventually become a powerful dictator within France.
Third Estate was kicked out of the meeting hall. They regrouped in a tennis court. They decide to make a new constitution that would uplift the third estate from extreme poverty
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Before The Reign of Terror and Factors that contributed
Before the Reign of terror, people were starving due to expensive food and extremely low wages.
Wealthy people did not pay taxes so the burden was left to the already poor class, The Third Estate. Seeing this, people were angry and decided to take matters into their own hands. This was essentially the humble beginning of the French Revolution. Now you may be wondering, why am I calling a humble revolution? The reason being, when the revolution began, its ideals were to help poor people with education, food, and well being. Over time, these ideals changed due to bad dictators and people began being executed. So essentially, it was humble at the beginning.
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Robespierre killed many people within the third estate if they were accused of being against the French Revolution. For being a extermeist and radical, he was eventually killed as well
Around 300,000 people died during the reign of terror and surprisingly, most of them were from the third estate and not rich people. Also, the monarchy they tried so hard to defeat had become into a dictatorship which is ironic.