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1/28/13. Notebook check & set-up Warm-up American Revolution PowerPoint The French Revolution Causes Impact of Enlightenment Ideals BYOT. Warm-up 1/28/13. Write the question and answer Why did the American colonist feel that they were being ruled unjustly?
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1/28/13 • Notebook check & set-up • Warm-up • American Revolution • PowerPoint • The French Revolution • Causes • Impact of Enlightenment Ideals • BYOT
Warm-up 1/28/13 • Write the question and answer • Why did the American colonist feel that they were being ruled unjustly? • They were being taxed with out their consent (Taxation Without Representaion)
French Revolution • Causes of the French Revolution • French society was divided into 3 different classes or “Estates” • 1st Estate: Clergy • 2ndEstate: Nobility • 3rd Estate: Common People (Largest Population)
French Revolution • 1st Estate • Priest • Church officials • Exempt from paying taxes
French Revolution • 2nd Estate • Nobility • Extremelyprivileged • Exempt from paying most taxes • Had the right to collect Feudal Dues from 3rd Estate • Served as officers in the Army • Held high positions at court
French Revolution • 3rd Estate • Common People (largest population) • Bourgeoisie: Middle class merchants, professionals and shopkeepers • Urban worker • Paid the most % of taxes • Had lowest quality of life
French Revolution • Impact of Enlightenment Ideas • Ideas made Frenchmen unwilling to accept • the Divine Right of Kings • Privileged positions of the Church and Nobility
French Revolution • Impact of Enlightenment Ideas • Bourgeoisie • began to acquire more wealth and power • Resented the nobility
French Revolution • Impact of Enlightenment Ideas • Financial Crisis • Tax system was based off of tradition • Different social classes and different regions paid different taxes • France was a wealthy country but the Government didn’t have a fair tax system
French Revolution • Impact of Enlightenment Ideas • Financial Crisis • The Government borrowed a lot of money to help finance their wars with Britain (rival) • To help pay, the government wanted the Nobility to start paying taxes
French Revolution • Impact of Enlightenment Ideas • Financial Crisis • Nobility would only agree to paying taxes if an Estates General was created • Estates General: a national assembly in which each of the three social classes was represented in the government
French Revolution • BYOT: write down at least 2 facts about each of the following terms • Estates General • Maria Antoinette • Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen • Constitutional Monarchy • Divine Right Theory