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French Revolution Background

Old Order

There were many inequalities in the society

The King was at the top;

Under him there were

three social orders

First Estate

(1% of the Population)

  • Members of the Clergy
  • They didn't pay taxes

Second Estate

(2% of the population)

  • Members of the nobility
  • Paid little or no taxes

Third Estate

(97% of the Population)

  • Made up of Bourgeoise (Merchants, Factory Owners, Doctors and Lawyers)
  • And peasants
  • Had no important role in the government, because they were outvoted by the two other Estates

Economic Crisis

Bad management by the king

  • Excessive spending for the royal court

Failed Wars

Bad Weather

  • Cold winters

Rise of New Ideas

Enlightenment ideas

  • French philosophers

(Jean-Jaques Rousseau, Baron de Montesquieu, Voltaire, Denis Diderot)

  • They wanted to make people "freer, richer, and more civilized."
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