LONG TERM CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION GROWTH OF INDUSTRY AND THE RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS ABSOLUTE MONARCHY GROWING BURDEN OF FEUDAL DUES SOCIAL INCREASING POVERTY POLITICAL LONG TERM CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION INTELLECTUAL GROWTH OF NEW IDEAS E.G. EVERYONE IS BORN EQUAL ECONOMIC GROWING GOVERNMENT DEBT ATTEMPT TO TAX NOBLES THE INFLUENCE OF AMERICA TAX BURDEN ON THE THIRD ESTATE

The First Estate The Third Estate Consisted of Roman Catholic Clergy The First Estate Consisted of Nobles, 2% of population, owned 20% of the land The Second Estate The Third Estate They had little rights & paid half of their income in taxes The Third Estate Included: Bourgeoisie-wealthy merchants & skilled workers City Workers –poorly paid servants Peasants – 80% of the population were farmers

RESULTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Feudalism was abolished Nobles and clergy lost special privileges Liberty, Equality and Brotherhood Declaration of the Rights of Man – all are equal National Assembly Church cannot levy tax on crops, lost privileges for clergy, church property was confiscated Constitution of 1791 – Constitutional Monarchy

CAUSES OF THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION FR. NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY GIVE GENS DE COULEUR LIBRES RIGHT TO VOTE –WHITES RESIST RACIST SOCIETY Whites – Blancs – own property Petit Blancs – merchants Gens de couleur – light & dark skinned blacks – can’t own property or vote FRENCH REVOLUTION Slaves POLITICAL SOCIAL Conflict within each group CAUSES OF THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION ECONOMIC INTELLECTUAL INFLUENCED BY THE ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS FRANCE’S MOST PROFITABLE COLONY EXPORTING SUGAR AND COFFEE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN & THE CITIZEN DEMAND FOR SLAVES NEEDED FOR $$ TO FRANCE

RESULTS OF HAITIAN REVOLUTION L’Ouverture – autonomous government –Free from French rule Independent Republic of Haiti Slavery abolished 1st postcolonial sovereign nation in Latin America Won a successful revolution against a European Empire First postcolonial black-led nation in the world