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I. French Society Divided
ancien regime or “old order”French divided into estatesEstate-social classes
1st EstateClergy, closest to God
2nd EstateNobles
3rd EstateEveryone else98% of the population
I. French Society Divided cont.
Bourgeoisie- middle class that included bankers, merchants, lawyers, doctors
Poorest members of 3rd estate were urban or city workers
1st and 2nd Estates paid almost no taxes
Questions
Describe the social structure in France?The social structure in
France…Why would the 3rd
Estate be upset?The 3rd Estate was upset
because…
II. Financial Trouble
France had economic problemsDeficit spending-spending more
money than you take inHigh national debtNobles and clergy refuse to pay more
taxesLouis XVI (16th) chose Jacques
Necker to as a financial expertNobles and Clergy had him fired
however to prevent him from raising their taxes
III. Louis Calls the Estates-General
Estates-General- a legislature where each estate gets one vote
Clergy and Nobles always gang up on 3rd EstateEach estate prepared a list of complaints in
notebooks called cahiers“bloodsuckers of the nation who drink the tears of the
unfortunate from goblets of gold” –3rd Estates cahier, describing the nobles and clergy
IV. Tennis Court Oath
Representatives of the 3rd Estate declared themselves the National Assembly that truly represented France
Locked out of their meeting place they went to a nearby tennis court
Tennis Court Oath-a pledge to never separate till France had a just constitution
V. Parisians Storm the Bastille
Bastille- old medieval prisonRumors that the King would
occupy the city with troops led to an angry mob of French people stormed the Bastille looking for weapons
Fall of the Bastille is a symbol of triumph over medieval times
French celebrate Bastille Day every July 14th