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Causes of French revolution - Coggle Diagram
Causes of French revolution
King Louis XVI & Queen Marie Antoinette
Life was centred around the king & queen
Louis XVI was a bad king
He didn't do his job properly :
supported american revolution
ended up being 1 billion₤ in debt
Louis was persuaded to call up the estates
The first and second estate voting to block the Third Estate out of a petty desire to keep their status firm
The third estate cut off the estates and built up the "National Assembly"
stormed the Bastille
The Estates
Clergy
Being 2% of the population
Commoners
Being 98% of the population
Nobility
Taxation
Commoners
Payed taxes with 50% of income
Clergy & Nobility
Didn't have to pay taxes