Factors leading to the French Revolution.

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The French Revolution

The french Revolution began in 1789 and ended 1799 and was also called ' Great French Revolution'. A revolution is a great change over a short period of time. The reasons of the revolution were building up over many years. One cause of the revolution in the early revolutionaries in France were influenced by the American Revolution just before the french Revolution. Louis XVI, his ministers, and the widespread French nobility had become immensely unpopular in France. During the revolution their were major changes in the power and the polital system. The first year of the revolution began with the third Estate preclaiming the Tennis Court Oath in June and then the assult on the Bastille in July, also in August the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and then they marched on Versailles which then forced the royal court back to paris in October. The first and second estate people are france have advandage and third estate people didn't. The advantage is the first and second estate is that they don't pay tax and the third estate have to pay it. They also are the members of the society who hold high postions like officers in the army. This caused great discontent within the third estate.

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Some facts about the third estate people

  • Peasants were forced to do Milatary services.
  • Peasants couldn't hunt or fish on nobles estate.
  • Peasants had to pay tax to the lord, the king and the church.
  • Peasants were 90% of the French population.

Some facts about The First and Second Estate people

  • Nobles have almost complete autherity over the peasants.
  • Nobles didn't have to do milatary service.
  • The first and second Estate people didn't have to pay tax.
  • Nobles collected tolls from people using the roads and the markets.
  • Nobles and clergy lived in great luxory in chateaux ...

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