Causes of the french revolution

Causes of the french revolution

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  Harvest problem Why? Alvaro can Bad Famine you explain this cause carefully weather Higher prices Poor for his food harvest
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  Bourgeoisie: They had Nobility;They have the more and more money political power but less but they hadn´t money every day . political power. They wanted to get it. Peasantry no money, no power, nothing work and pay taxes
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  Encouraged •Rousseau Enlightenm people who were ent ideas •Montesquieu •Voltaire seeking to put an Encyclopedia end to absolutism
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  Taxation problems :Richnot taxed. Basically not enough income for the government to do its job. Taxes were raised….of course on the poor Government had large debts with heavy interest. France was in bankruptcy The King decided a tax reform . Rich have to pay They didn´t want to pay and they decided make a riot and the King called the assembly
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  Events leading tocalling of the Estates general A) Calonne’s Plan: tax landed property , no evasion by nobles Assembly of Notables1787:Basically says government has no right to demand says government has no right to demand new taxes and an Estates General needed new taxes and an Estates General needed to be called again .to be called again
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  Commoners (merchants, Monarch and the bankers and lawyers) nobility didn´t accept demanded a vote by this, and commoners person because they met on tennis court to are majority discuss their complaints
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  Storming of Bastille •The people supported the Third Estate and on the 14th of July, 1789 they assaulted the fortress of the Bastille • The revolution also spread to the fields in the fields in the form of an anti-lordly revolt • The National Constituent Assembly decreed the abolition of feudal privileges and promulgated the Declaration of Rights of the Man