French+Revolution+under+Louis+XVI

Charles Ensley

French Revolution

Financial problems -
 * Debt from war and sending troops to America
 * Bad harvest leads to low agricultural sales
 * Increase price in bread
 * High unemployment rate in cities

Estate problems -
 * National Assembly – Wanted to vote by head in Estate General
 * Nobility and King lived in luxury in Versailles
 * Tithe – Percent of crops paid to clergy
 * Taille – Tax on land only paid by peasants
 * Abbie Sieyes – Statement “What is the third estate? Everything. What do they have? Nothing. What do they want? To be something.”
 * Tennis Court Oath – Formed an order to make a new constitution that protected natural rights led to National Assembly.

American Revolution -
 * Soldiers brought back ideas that democracy could work and that it wasn't just an idea.
 * Sending troops and weapons caused high debt.

Actions - > This became a symbol for the fall of the monarchy.
 * Storming of the Bastille – Peasants took down the prison and the weapons for the revolution.
 * Beheaded Louis and Marie Antoinette.