1789 The French Revolution Part I the Old
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1789 The French Revolution: Part I
the Old Regime THREE ESTATES: • First (Clergy) • Second (Nobility) TAX EXEMPT 3% 1 2 3 • Third (Everyone Else) • 97% of Population Caricature of the Third Estate carrying the First Estate and the Second Estate on its back.
The Tax Burden in America Toda Fox Business: http: //www. foxbusiness. com/politics/2012/01/25/truth-about-federal-tax-burden/
The Tax Burden in America Toda Fox Business: http: //www. foxbusiness. com/politics/2012/01/25/truth-about-federal-tax-burden/
exempt 1 2
The American Revolution 1775 -1783 French military & financial assistance to the U. S. was vital to the in winning the American Revolutionary War.
Battle of the Chesapeake
Budget Crisis 19% 50% 25% Debt Versailles Military 6% Public Works
Aristocratic Resurgence and Royal Weakness WEAK RESURGENCE
The Assembly of Notables 1787 In 1787, Louis called an “Assembly of Notables, ” hoping to get representatives from the nobility and the Church to agree to be taxed.
The Assembly of Notables 1787
The Assembly of Notables 1787 L I A F
The Estates General The French king’s advisory body – Not convened since 1614
Outdated
Each estate cast one vote as a group. 1 2 3 The Clergy The Nobility Everyone Else
BOURGEOISIE
BOURGEOISIE French Professional Class (Merchants, Lawyers, etc. )
AGREEMENT = VICTORY 1 2 The Clergy The Nobility
3% is a majority? Image Credit: Carbon. NYC
What is The Third Estate? What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been until now in the political order? Nothing. What does it ask to become? Something. Sieyes
Reform Proposals #1: “Doubling” the Third 1 2 3 3 The Clergy The Nobility Everyone Else
Reform Proposals #2: Vote By Head 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Reform Proposals #2: Vote By Head 1 1 2 2 In a single assembly, individual nobles and priests could vote with the Third Estate delegates. 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 3
Indecision “Doubling” the Third Vote by Head
TWICE AS MANY ANGRY DELEGATES
Estates General Convenes May, 1789
HAT FIASCO Hats (sumptuary laws) Louis: Hat off… Clergy: Hats off…. Nobility: Hats off…. [Uncomfortable Pause] Third Estate: Hats off. [Uncomfortable Pause] Louis: Hat on. Photo Credit: One lucky guy
The National Assembly June 17, 1789 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
The National Assembly Join us! 1 1 1 2 2 2
The National Assembly 1 1 2 2 2 2
Three Days Later Photo Credit: Ravages
The Tennis Court Oath Photo Credit: Amara U
The Tennis Court Oath The National Assembly pledged not to adjourn until they had adopted a constitution for France. Photo Credit: Amara U
Jacques-Louis David, The Tennis Court Oath
Compare John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, 1819
CAPITULATION Okay, fine. Whatever.
CAPITULATION Louis finally recognized the National Assembly as a lawmaking body and directed the remaining First and Second Estate to join the Assembly. . .
. . . but he brought troops to Versailles, just in case. Photo Credit: guillermogg
Meanwhile, in Paris. . . Photo Credit: Mark J P
The Bastille
July 14, 1789
And in the Countryside. . . Photo Credit: Mark J P
SHORTAGE
An Aristocratic Plot? ? ? Photo Credit: One lucky guy
Let’s starve some peasants. Photo Credit: One lucky guy
What a splendid idea! Photo Credit: One lucky guy
The Great Fear Summer, 1789 PEASANT REVOLT
OOPS! Did they think we were serious? Photo Credit: One lucky guy
Decrees of August 4 th Abolished the “feudal system” • feudal dues • nobles’ hunting rights • tax exemptions ABOLISHED Link to Document Photo Credit: One lucky guy
The Rights of Man
[Classical] Liberalism
Limited Government Economic Liberty Political Liberty [Classical] Liberalism
Aristocratic Privilege State Religion Absolute Monarchy [Classical] Liberalism
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that al men are created equal, that they are endowed their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, t among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit o Happiness. ” -- The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen August 26, 1789 VIEW TEXT
The Representatives of the French people, organized in National Assembly, considering that ignorance, forgetfulness, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole causes of public miseries and the corruption of governments, have resolved to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, inalienable, and sacred rights of man. . . FULL TEXT
From the SC Department of Education Indicator 2. 2 Release Item for this indicator L I A F Read the quotation below and answer the question that follows. The representative of the French people…have determined to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, unreliable, and sacred rights of man…[and reinforce] the happiness of all. – French National Assembly, 1789 This was seriously an item released by the South Carolina Department of Education that was included on the annual End of Course (EOC) examination for United States History. I could not make this up!!!
1. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. FULL TEXT
INFLUENCERS of the Declaration US Declaration of Independence Jean J. Rousseau The British System of Gov.
WOMEN’S MARCH ON VERSAILLES October, 1789
WOMEN’S MARCH ON VERSAILLES October, 1789 ROYAL FAMILY PARIS
WOMEN’S MARCH ON VERSAILLES October, 1789
Parisian Revolution After the Women’s March on Versailles, Paris became the Revolution’s epicenter.
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