2. BACKGROUND STRONGSTRONG THE SUN KING LOUIS XIV (14) Fine Tunes the ABSOLUTE MONARCHY Built a palace at VERSAILLES

3. Louis XVI (16) & Marie Antoinette IN DEBT BIG TIME Wars Bad Money Management Supported Am. Revolution King and Queens Spending WEAKWEAK

4. FRENCH SOCIAL CLASSES = ESTATES

5. 1 ST CLERGY1% ESTATE WHOS IN IT? % OF POPULATION

6. 2 ND NOBILITY 2%

7. ESTATE WHOS IN IT? % OF POPULATION 3 RD EVERYONE ELSE 97% BOURGEOISIE (WHITE COLLAR) PETIT BOURGEOISIE (BLUE COLLAR) PEASANTS (FARMERS)

8. King needed $, called for a meeting of the Estates General (wanted to tax 1 st and 2 nd Estates)

9. ESTATES GENERAL 1 ST 1% 1 VOTE 2 ND 2% 1 VOTE 3 RD 97% 1 VOTE June 17, 1789 – 3 rd Estate becomes National Assembly

10. Louis XVI is indecisive –did not recognize Assembly Riots in Paris over price of bread July 14, 1789 – Storming of the Bastille