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Revolution in France Notes p.21-25

Awesome Stuff

1.
 * =  ||= Things that people disliked ||= Kinds of people who disliked these things__ ||
 * = Society ||= People disliked how the noble and clergy had privileges even when they were wealthier. ||= All of the third estate hated this because they did not have any privileges. ||
 * = Taxation ||= Once again, the noble and clergy were rich and did not have to pay taxes and third estate had to pay all taxes. ||= This rule is against the third estate of poor people. It is unfair to them because they have to pay all taxes. ||
 * = Feudal rights and dues ||= The third estate has to pay for all sorts of random rights such as having to right to use an oven or to hunt. ||= The third estate disliked it because they had to pay for every sort of random thing. ||
 * = Law ||= There was an execution that was extremely painful, of breaking off limbs then killing him. Also, it was unfair because they sometimes proved people guilty because of their status or opposition. ||= People who are proved guilty when they are innocent and those who think and know the execution method is not correct. ||
 * = Government ||= The queen, Marie Antoinette spent extremely high amounts of money on her garden. Later, the King abuses his power with the sealed letters. Afterwards, the people protests on the Day of Tiles. ||= The third estate, again they are abused by the powerful government and this time, they protest against their own government for going over the line ||

2. Most people wanted to change the way France was run because of the injustice way of government it was ruled in. The third estate was being "bullied" as the noble and clergy can enjoy their lives. The worst one was how the Queen spends so much money on her hobbies and not a little bit on helping the poor people in France.

3. This is the order in which the events occurred...

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.

4. Political: People thought the king and his ministers had too much power Social: People disliked the fact that Marie Antoinette was Austrian Economic: People disliked Marie Antoinette’s extravagant spending Nobles disliked the government’s plans for a new land tax because they would lose their privilege of tax exemption Many poor people blamed the government for high prices and unemployment

5. Which of the reasons for the government’s unpopularity do you think was the most important? Explain your answer. I think that the main reasons why the government was unpopular was because of the queen, she spent so much money on making gardens around the house that the King got her and on the village that she made to look like a really poor village that she could have actually given that money and saved the poor families in an actual village. She was obviously abusing her power of being a queen, and was a really bad queen who did not deserve the position.

6. If Louis XVI had not married Marie Antoinette, do you think his government would still have been unpopular by 1789? Explain your answer. Although Marie Antoinette was one of the major reasons that made the government unpopular, I think that people would still dislike the government because of the way it was was run. None of the rules were fair towards the majority of the people in the third estate and the nobles and clergy did not want this change because they would lose their power. THis enraged the people even more, therefore I think the unpopularity would still have existed.

Notes

The Estates General

-The noble and clergy welcomed the king's decision to meet with the Estates General because they thought this wouldn't work if since the Estate General held votes

The voting system

-The Estate General met the king whenever the king wanted to, this did not happen often -Each estate was allowed one vote, however, the third estate thought this to be unfair and called for a rule to double their votes because the top two estates could out vote them two to one -The king, since france was bankrupt, had no choice but to agree, as his assistant also did -He decided to give each member one vote for the new taxes voting system

The food crisis

-Besides financial problems, there was also a huge issue in France, mass hunger -This was caused by extremely bad weather, there was a thunderstorm that destroyed fields, vegetable plots, etc. -After this, there was a drought that made crops near impossible to grow -If things were back to usual, it wouldn't have been so bad, but they didn't, the coldest winter followed, freezing everything and blocking roads -Spring followed and there were many floods that destroyed crops -Because of the terrible weather, the price of bread rose a lot -It is seen that poor families spent almost all their earnings on bread -Many factories shut down, workers lost their jobs and riots were started

The complaints lists

-Elections for the Estates General were held due to the growth of hunger and unemployment -They elected deputies to speak for themselves and voters made lists of changes they wanted the Estate General to change -There were over 60,000 of these lists of complaints and this showed that many French people wanted major change -These lists of complaints made everyone excited and hoped that the king would see their problems and help them

The Estates meet

-The first meeting contained over a thousand deputies in the largest hall in Versailles -After speeches of the King and his ministers, they were asked to go to three separate halls to do the voting -The third estate refused to do so because they would be outvoted by the clergy and nobles because each estate had one vote -They said they would only take part in the Estate General if the clergy and noble joined them as a single -Of course they refused and after weeks of arguing, the third estate threatened to not follow the law if this agreement was not met -The king was outraged and warned the third estate not to defy him any further -Later, the clergy decided to join the third estate and when the third estate deputies arrived, they found the doors locked with a King's Royal Session inside

The Tennis Court Oath

-This Session both angered and excited the third estate because they feared the king would break up the assembly by force. -There was rain and these people had to move to another place, to a tennis court two minutes away -Inside this tennis court, they carried on changing how France was governed -The King ordered them to separate to different halls and the third estate deputies refused and said they would leave only by force -The king allowed this because of their determination -This was a revolution to many people during the time, however it was only the beginning of the French Revolution

Summary

In this part of the book, we learn of the beginning of the French revolution, where the third estate deputies go to the king to declare change, with all of the third estates' people's support. They are outnumbered when separated so they refuse and threaten the king that they will defy him if they do not get their rights. He then holds a Royal Session and the king again, suggests to separate them and have the voting, but the third estate would be outnumbered so they refuse and said they would only leave if they were forced to.

Questions

Is this revolution not going to change because the king refuses to see these changes through? Why did the clergy join the third estate? Why didn't the third estate just protest and not listen to the king when it was pretty clear he would not change law.