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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, The events of the French Revolution, image, image,…

- - - - constitutional monarchy
        
        the powers of the monarch were limited by the constitution
      - limited male suffrage
        
        only men with a certain amount of property could vote
      - the separation of powers
        
        the monarch had executive power
        
        the assembly had legislative power
        
        the courts had judicial power
- - - - of the court's excessive spending on parties, palaces and other luxuries
      - of France's participation in military conflicts
  - - - were able to maintain their income
    - - suffered from rising taxes, since they were the only estate that paid tax
  - - - supported Enlightenment ideas
      - wanted to put them into practice
    - - they demanded that all French subjects be free
      - equal before the law
  - - - suggested that the privileged estates should pay tax
      - governed France as an absolute monarch
- - - - represented the interests of the wealthy bourgeoisie
      - they had
        
        moderate views
        
        supported the constitutional monarchy
    - - represented the petite bourgeoisie
      - They had more radical views