1. The French Revolution
Katie Windham

2. French Society Divided into 3 estates First Estate- Clergy
Consisted of about 130,000
Second Estate-Nobility
Consisted of about 300,000
Third Estate-Everybody Else
Consisted of about 27.5 million

3. Problems Leading to Revolution
Fiscal Crisis- Louis XVI (16th) worsened France’s financial problems when he borrowed lots of money and falsely recorded it.
When the war was over, it took over half of France’s national budget just to pay the interest alone on the debt.
The poor often protested and revolted.
Taxes were raised

4. Estates General Equivalent of our Congress
Represented the Three Estates
Had not been called upon in
175 years
King finally had to call on
them because he wasn’t granted
tax concessions by the elite.

5. The Third Estates Act
Third Estate consisted of anybody that wasn’t a noble or a part of the clergy.
The Third Estate made up about 80% of France’s population.
Met at Versailles to choose reps and discuss complaints
Wanted France to start a constitutional monarchy
That didn’t happen so they renamed themselves the National Assembly and went and wrote a constitution

6. The Bastille Falls Fell July 14th,1798 King was gathering troops to
arrest reps of the commoners
Commoners found out and
attacked the Bastille
98 people died before the Bastille was surrendered
Other commoners in other parts of France rebelled at the same time the Bastille fell
The rebellions led to the Declaration of the Rights of Men and the Citizens.

7. Life During the Revolution
Shortage of food
Constantly lived in terror of foreign threats
Economy inflated
High rate of unemployment
Women lost almost all rights they had
People suffered the Maximilien Robespierre’s “Reign of Terror.”

8. Napoleon Comes to Power
Born in 1769 and died in 1821
Was a young general in the French Army who took over
Ruled by popular authoritarianism
Nobody could conquered the French army while Napoleon was in power
Napoleon brought back order to France, but the price was the Freedom of the French people
Napoleon finally fell to the Russians when he decided to invade them in winter.

9. Napoleon finally fell to the Russians when he decided to invade them in winter.
He was eventually exiled to the tiny island of Elba

10. End of The Revolution
Revolution slowly came to an end after Napoleon failed to capture Russia
After napoleon was sent to Elba, he eventually escaped
Made it back to France and tried to take over again
Was defeated at Waterloo and was then sent to the Island of St. Helena where he died.
The final disappearance of napoleon was the unofficial official end of the revolution

11. Chain Reaction
End of French and American revolutions inspired revolutions in other areas of Europe
Other revolutions were:
Haitian Revolution
Revolution of 1848
Many other smaller revolutions occurred during the time and were all styled after the French and American revolutions.

12. Works Cited Bulliet Textbook
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