CAUSES FOR THE

Background: FRENCH REV.

The FIRST ESTATE:
Consisted of a minority of the
The SECOND ESTATE:
Consisted of mostly the
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The THIRD ESTATE:
Commoners with very
population in size but were incredibly nobility. Members held high different economic and
powerful. Higher and lower clergy influence through educational backgrounds. Held
officials - who had influence on how government and military 40% of the land. Paid fees to
the country was run. Received positions. Exempted from landlords and most of the
exemption from taile (tax). Held 10% most taxes and held about taxes - used to run France
of land 30% of the land.

Transition from the Estates General to National

FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT:
Assembly:
To fund efforts in the American revolution
The filibuster styled debate and the inability to solve the and due to personal royal expenses - France
financial troubles of france led Estate General (this had to borrow $40 Billion with extreme
transition mostly desired & voted on by 3rd Estate and interest.
open-minded anti-privilege members of the 2nd and 1st
estates) to transition into a single body of legislature with Social Constructs
one vote per person.

Reconstruction Period RAISING TAXES:

National Assembly Formation:
After the ultra reformist members of this new legislative
chamber wanted radical reform eliminating systemic
class differentiation, which really did not represent the
feeling of the majority of the chambers ideas - who
wanted to keep some class loyalty to the king. In order
to institute radical change - the National Assembly was
born. It consisted only of ultra reformist people mostly
from the 3rd estate.
A new Constitution & The National Convention:
By 1791, the National Assembly finished a new constitution
which limited the King's powers and left him with little
independent powers not managed by the National Assembly.
National Convention then governed during the most shaky
period of the French Revolution. On september 21st the
Monarchy was abolished and on september 22nd the New
Republic was established.
Financial Struggle
The raised $40 Billion raised for the
state was insufficient for all costs. The
inability to borrow more caused Charles
French
de Calonne (the minister of finance at
Rev. the time) to call together the Estate
General to rethink the fiscal foundations
of the countries financial system.
THE ESTATES GENERAL:
Political Parties The meeting began with establishing that the
3rd estate must have double the representation
of any other estate (97% of the population). The
3rd estate representatives and the open
minded representatives from the other estates
had a common tie of hostility to special
This led to the start of the Radical Revolution where the activation of the Reign of Terror had the most effect. government treatment and called for a
This was also when the Convention governmentally created the republic, and applied the guillotine strategy for constitutional monarchy which abolishes this,
the first time, bringing forth their first and second victims, the King and Queen, and all those who were workers, famously in the cahiers de doleances. The
loved ones, and loyals. After the beheading and kills, the republic born of royal blood spill came to power under meeting didn't go anywhere....
the infamous Maximilien Robespierre. After the Nation Convention served its purpose for making the republic, it
was later dissolved into two main factions(and other smaller faction - radical parties), the Girondins came from
the department of Gironde and the Mountain. Both were members of the Jacobin club. - The end of the Pre-Rev.
and the Reign of terror - leading on to the frame before Robespierre's beheading on the guillotine.