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European Political Revolutions - Coggle Diagram
European Political Revolutions
First Estate
Clergy or leaders of the Church
Owned land
They were not responsible for paying taxes on this land.
Send a small amount of money to the government each year as a gift.
spiritual and moral welfare (education of child)
Second Estate
nobles
born --> position of wealth and prestige
paid very little in taxes
had rights over peasant lands and received priority in getting top jobs in government.
Third Estate
everyone else:
middle class down
doctors to lawyers
homeless and poor
98% of the population
The middle class of France is
referred to as the Bourgeoisie.
French Revolution Background
Unequal Distribution
STATES:
Clergy
Nobility
or plain state:
diverse group (poor- richest bourgeoisie)
1780s
Bad harvest
Rise prices
Bread
THE POOR WERE IN HUNGER !!!
Enlightenment
Bourgeoisie believe in Enlightenment ideas
Dignity of human kind
Sovereign was the people
Separation of the 3 powers
Equality before the law
IN FRANCE...
1774
Marie
Antoinette
Louis
XVI
authorized a tax reform for the privileged (nobility and clergy)
to pay taxes.