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The French Revolution Begins

Dawn of the Revolution. As you may recall, King Louis XVI had run his country into the ground financially and attempted to tax the nobles to cover his debt. The Second Estate wasalarmed and called a meeting of the Estates-General to discuss the tax

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The French Revolution Begins

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    1. The French Revolution Begins Chapter 7.1

    3. Dawn of the Revolution Each estate had one vote in the Estates-General. This was a planned characteristic that was designed to suppress the power of the Third Estate. Why would this be the case? The Third Estate was by far larger, but only got one vote compared to the Church and Nobility’s two votes…

    4. Dawn of the Revolution The Third Estate favored proportional votes. As it made up 97% of France’s population, they would have far more power than the church and nobles. Do you think the 1st and 2nd Estates will allow a change to rules that have been in place for hundreds of years?

    5. Dawn of the Revolution Forbidden from receiving proportional voting power, the Third Estate decided to break away and create its own laws. It called itself the “National Assembly” The 1st and 2nd Estates locked them out of the Estates-General meeting in hopes of stopping them. A nearby tennis court was commandeered, and the members of the National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, whereby they pledged to stay until a new constitution was made.

    6. The Tennis Court Oath

    7. Storming the Bastille While the National Assembly met against the wishes of the 1st and second estates, rumors flew. People in Paris worried that the King would use the military to crush the National Assembly Many begin to gather weapons On July 14th, a crowd searching for guns and powder stormed the Bastille, a French prison.

    8. Storming the Bastille As the assault grew more ferocious, the people begin hacking guards to death. The bodies were beheaded and the heads were paraded around the streets on spears. In an increasingly violent revolution, storming the Bastille becomes a symbol for the people.

    9. A Great Fear Sweeps France Rebellion began to spread to the countryside, along with more rumors. Peasants believed that the nobles hired outlaws to attack them, for example. The “Great Fear” results…

    10. A Great Fear Sweeps France Peasants armed themselves with any weapons that they could find and marched on the homes of the nobles that owned the land that they worked. They stormed the homes, burnt documents that tied them to the land as serfs, and often burnt the noble’s house as well. Meanwhile, in Paris, women rioted over the price of bread, which had risen again. They forced their way into the King’s palace and demanded that King Louis XVI return to Paris to deal with France’s problems…

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