So Where Are We?

1. So Where Are We? Into to Chapter 18 The French Revolution

2. 1789 -Start French Revolution 1763 – Treaty of Paris 1754 –Seven Years War starts 1740 Frederick II rules in Prussia 1759 - Voltaire Publishes Candid 1751 – Encyclopedia Published 1776 – Declaration of Independence 1762- Rousseau publishes what book?

3. The Ancien Regime • Also referred to as “The Old Order” -What does this imply? -Is France the only state that follows this? • Dividing of social classes called Estates -Can you guess what groups make up the Estates?

4. Who was the First Estate? • The Church was the First Estate • 1789 – Clergy had wealth and privilege • Owned 10% of land • Collected tithes – what are these? • Which group of people would target the church?

5. Who is the Second Estate? • Nobles held the power in the Second Estate • Nobles rights were trampled on by who? • Many nobles disliked absolutism -Based on what you know, why would they? • Nobles also did not like the royal bureaucracy -Who was holding important jobs?

6. Who was the Third Estate? • Most diverse of the classes in France • Bourgeoisie – middle class, made up of bankers, merchants, lawyers, manufacturers • Most of the Third Estate was rural peasants, however the poorest were urban workers, most were unemployed • Who do you think paid the most taxes?

7. Unfair Taxation • First Estate – paid NO taxes • Second Estate – very little • Third Estate – Peasants/Urban workers paid majority of taxes in France • First and Second Estates held Traditional Rights of paying no, or very little, taxes • Together the Estates made up the Estates General {legislative body with reps from each estate}