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BACKGROUNDSTRONG
“THE SUN KING”
LOUIS XIV (14)
Fine Tunes the ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
Built a palace at VERSAILLES
Louis XVI (16) & Marie Antoinette
IN DEBT BIG TIME
Wars
Bad Money Management
Supported Am. Revolution
Kin and Queen’s Spending
WEAK
FRENCH SOCIAL CLASSES = ESTATES
1ST CLERGY1%
ESTATE WHO’S IN IT? % OF POPULATION
ESTATE WHO’S IN IT? % OF POPULATION
2ND NOBILITY 2%
ESTATE WHO’S IN IT? % OF POPULATION
3RD EVERYONE ELSE
97%BOURGEOISIE (WHITE COLLAR)
PETIT BOURGEOISIE (BLUE COLLAR)
PEASANTS (FARMERS)
King needed $, called for a meeting of the Estates General
(wanted to tax 1st and 2nd Estates)
ESTATES GENERAL
1ST 1% 1 VOTE
2ND 2% 1 VOTE
3RD 97% 1 VOTE
June 17, 1789 – 3rd Estate becomes National Assembly
Louis XVI is indecisive –did not recognize Assembly
Riots in Paris over price of bread
July 14, 1789 – Storming of the Bastille
Vocab1.1. Old RegimeOld Regime2.2. Three EstatesThree Estates3.3. BastilleBastille4.4. Reign of TerrorReign of Terror5.5. revolutionrevolution6.6. French RevolutionFrench Revolution7.7. WaterlooWaterloo8.8. Congress of ViennaCongress of Vienna9.9. guillotineguillotine10.10. Napoleonic CodeNapoleonic Code
11.11. nationalismnationalism12.12. coup d’etatcoup d’etat13.13. Hundred DaysHundred Days14.14. exileexile15.15. Louis XVILouis XVI16.16. RobespierreRobespierre17.17. NapoleonNapoleon18.18. EstatesEstates19.19. National assemblyNational assembly20.20. Scorched earth policyScorched earth policy