Causes Of French revolution
The Enlightenment
"The age of reason"
-John Locke: If the government doesn't protect your rights, people should have a revolution.
-Absolute Monarchy not from God- natural laws came from God- king not needed
-Americans influenced France " no taxation without representation
Jean Jacques Rousseau
“Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.”
Versailles
palace built by Louis XIV, Hall of Mirrors
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France Needed Money.
- The 7 year war ( French and Indian War ) in the colonies.
-In 1778- French Helped Americans revolt against Britain
-The king and queen consumed a lot of wealth
( gambling, Jewels )
-Taxes on the poor were excessive
Voltaire
religious freedom, used humor and satire
Tennis Court Oath (p. 137)
Deputies of the National Assembly signed an oath to have a
Constitution (June, 1789)
Economic Depression
- Crop failure on farms
-People didn't have jobs
- Massive hunger- famine
Montesquieu
Persian letters criticized the government- balance of power is
necessary- don’t give all the power to the king
The Bastille
an old prison- was attacked July 14, 1789- Revolution began- Bastille Day
Class System
-First estate- clergy ( church people )
-2nd estate- nobleman
-3rd estate- Everyone else and their the only estate that paid taxes
Marquis de Lafayette
He was a nobleman, an aristocrat, a military leader. He
helped America beat the British in the American Revolution. He believed in
the Enlightenment.
Declaration of the Rights of Man
written by the National Assembly- men are born and
remain free and equal in rights