1. France before the Revolution

2. www.philippe-colombani-unic.com The state, that’s me The king reigns with absolute power Absolutism

3. Where the French kings lived Versailles https://www.flickr.com/photos/du-ciel/5458619966/in/photostream/

4. All versailles images from: http://en.chateauversailles.fr/the-palace-http://en.chateauversailles.fr/the-palace-

8. King Louis XIV – Reign of extravagance – Built palace of Versailles King Louis XV – Weak king, who cares more about women But also – got into several wars that almost emptied the nation’s treasury There was no personal liberty or justice, and no freedom of speech, press or religion. Trials were secret, without jury and anyone who displeased the King was imprisoned in Bastille. The Middle Classes, though rich, had no political rights or social status and were often humiliated with inhuman treatment.

9. "There be certain savage and shy wild animals, male and female, which are scattered up and down our countryside. They are sunburned to a sort of dull black, and walk bent towards the earth they dig; on straightening themselves they show, it is true, a human face, and, in fact, they are men and women. They withdraw from the fields at nightfall to their dens, where they sup on black bread, roots and water. They spare their fellow-men the labours of seed-time and harvest, and do not deserve to lack the bread they sow.“ The French Peasant http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=finnemore&book=france&story=before

10. https://world-civ-2012-13.wikispaces.com/Causes+of+the+French+Revolution+(1B)

11. Clergy 1 st Estate Nobles 2 nd Estate 10% Bourgeoisie 90% Peasants & City Workers 0.5 % of population NOT taxed 1.5 % of population NOT taxed 98 % of populationTaxed

12. http://frenchrevolutiontull.weebly.com/discontent-of-the-3rd-estate.html The third estate was so poor that they could barely afford flour to make bread. Marie Antoinette: “Let them have cake” http://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/french-revolution1.htm

13. http://www.glogster.com/jediknightyj/french-constitutional-monarchy/g-6lkisnj196juopi12u0c2a0 New Government Constitutional Monarchy Def.: http://www.royal.gov.uk/monarchuk/howthemonarchyworks/whatisconstitutionalmonarchy.aspx … form of government in which a king or queen acts as Head of State. The ability to make and pass legislation resides with an elected Parliament, not with the Monarch.