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= The Estates General =


 * The king was given the honor by to nobles and clergy to pick the Estates GeneralThe Estates General
 * The king was given the honor by to nobles and clergy to pick the Estates General
 * They wanted to block the taxing and by doing this it would allow them to vote on it

The voting system:


 * Not ever often but sometimes when the king wanted to consult with the Estates General they would
 * 750 members, about 250 from each three estate, each estate was given one vote
 * third estate thought that this was unfair
 *  1789 - the revoted, but the nobles and clergy would be able to take out the third estate two to one
 *  third estate asked the kind to double their numbers
 *  1788 - king had agreed to the first demands
 * His government was bankrupt – they couldn’t pay their own debts
 * A new finance minister came to place Jacques Neeker, he advised the king to double the third estate.

The Food Crisis


 * There was other problems than finance, in the country side a mass hunger was developing
 * July 13, 1788, a massive hailstorm had destroyed all cornfields, vegatable plots, orchards and vineyards, all over france.
 * This was followed by a drought
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There wasn’t enough food to feed France’s population
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After the drought came the coldest winter in history in France, rivers were frozen and the watermills stopping turning, roads were blocked cause the food not to get transported around France.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When the snow finally melted in spring, the water ruined the farmlands
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The price of bread rose massively
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Poor families were spending almost all their money on bread
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Families no longer had the money to buy clothes, shoes, candles and fuel
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many factories lost business, many workers also lost their jobs
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many riots and strikes happened

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Complaints Lists


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1789 – elections were held for a new Estates General
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Voters were to make a list of the things they wanted to change
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Over 60,000 lists were made
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May 1789, the Estates General met in Versailles, million of people had great expectations



<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Estates Meet
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They had their first meeting May 5, 1789
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After the meeting the three estates split up and had meetings in different halls
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Third estate was unhappy, every estate gets one vote, they could be out voted
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They refused to had a separate meeting, they agreed to go to a ‘National Assembly’ with the clergy and nobility
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The clergy and nobility refused to this
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The third estate said that If they didn’t join them they would start the work with the Estate General by themselves
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The third estates plan was defiance against the king, Louis ordered a Royal Session of the Estates General
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Louis was losing control of the event at Versailles, June 19, clergy joined the third estate
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When the third estate and then clergy came to the meeting the doors were locked and there were soldiers outside, the king’s royal session was taking order

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Tennis Court Oath
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They feared that Louis would break up the force
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It started to rain and they went to keep dry under a tennis court
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the court they took an oath to carry on the meeting until they had changed the way France was governed
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">June 23, the king ordered the estates to have their meetings in different halls, they refused to move
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">June 27, Louis ordered the nobles and clergy to join them in a meeting with all three estates

Summary: Many people disliked the French government, they were so unfair towards the third estate. The government was heading towards a huge dept. Their solution for this was taxing more, there was a lot of disagreements about this. People were starting to starve and die, there wasn't enough food for everyone. All the estates had a meeting and voted on the idea.

Questions: Why didn't Louis think of another way that could solve the problem faster and cause less trouble? What happened with the complaints lists?

Awesome Part:

1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿2) Many French people wanted to change the way that France was run because the government had so much power they could do anything that interested them. One thing was that the government only taxed the third estate people which were the poor. The first and second estate didn't have to pay as much and many taxes. People in the third estate thought that this was unfair. Another reason was because the government was spending too much money, they were using more than they actually had. To fix this problem their plan was to tax more. Louis' wife, <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Marie Antoinette, was spending much of the money; she brought expensive jewelry, she was also spending alot of money on gambling.

3) E. the government spent more each year than it received in taxes, so.. B. The government was deeply in debt, so.. G. The Finance Minister planned to raise money with a new tax on land. But..  A. an assembly of nobles and clergy refused to agree to the new tax, so  C. Louis XVI ordered a meeting of the Estates Council, hoping it would agree to the new tax. But  I. the government went bankrupt, so  D. the Third Estate took over the Estates General and turned it into a National Asembly, so  H. Louis XVI decided to hold a royal session of the Estates General, and warn the third estate not to defy him, but  F. the deputies gathered in a tennis court swore an oath that they would continue to meet.

Causes: EGBAC Consequences: DIHF

4) a) Political - People thought the king and his ministers had too much power b) Social - People dislikes the fact that Marie Antoinetter was Austrain c) Economic - Nobles disliked the government's plans for new land tax because they would lose their privileges of tax exemption - People disliked the fact that Marie Antoinette was Austrian - Many poor people blamed the government for high prices and unemployment

5) I think that it was