InNo+(Before+the+Revolution+Part+3)+liam2013+8.31.10

= The Estates General = - Nobles and Clergy intended to use it to block the kings plan to tax them - They planned to do this by using the Estates General Voting System
 * Welcomed the Kings decision for an estates general

__**The Voting System**__
- King reluctantly gave in and gave them what they wanted - But the government was still bankrupt
 * The King could call upon the estates general when ever he needed to consult
 * But the King Rarely met with the general, the last time they did was in 1614
 * Made up of 750 members, around 250 from each estate.
 * The Clergy and nobility asked to double members and make one member per vote
 * Now they could not pay back any debts
 * So a new finance minister Jacques Necker advised him double the taxes on the third estate as to make the estate general agree to taxing.

__ Food Crisis __
- The effect of this caused a very sharp rise in the price of bread - factories lost business because people couldn't afford to but those luxuries -Workers lost jobs -Unemployment and hunger led to strikes in many parts of the country
 * July 1788, a massive hailstorm destroyed crops over central France
 * Then Nearly right after there was a drought
 * The Harvest of 1788 was very poor
 * People recalled that as being the coldest winter
 * Then Rivers froze blocking the grinding mills, roads were blocked preventing people from reaching market
 * Then to make matters worse the snow thawed rather fast and there were massive floods that ruined the land

Complaints List

 * The Elections for Estates General were to be held in the spring
 * Voters were asked to draw up a list of complaints they wanted the estates general to ask the king
 * In total there were over 60,000 complaints
 * Voters became exited
 * The Estates General met in Versailles in 1789, everyone was even more exited because it seemed as if there problems were going to be solved.

The Estates Meet

 * The First meeting took place on may 5th 1789
 * There were over 1000 deputies in the hall of versailles
 * The Third estate was unhappy that the estates had to be split up, they knew they would be out voted by the clergy and nobility
 * So the asked for all estates to be together at once, if that was not done by the end of the week, the third estate threatened to carry out the estate general by its own.
 * King Louis was loosing control
 * on June 19, the clergy joined the 3rd estate
 * 3rd estate were to meet at the hall next mouring with the clergy, but the doors were locked and guarded, for the kings royal session

Tennis Court Oath

 * The 3rd estate deputies, they feared king louis was trying to break up their assembly force
 * the deputies tool shelter at a near by tennis court, there they made an oath to carry on meeting unless france changed the way it was governed
 * this oath brought the deputies closer
 * June 23 king louis ordered them to meet in their separate estates
 * June 27 Louis made the clergy and nobility join him in his single assembly
 * Those making up the "National Assembly"
 * Now to many people this seemed like a revolution

Questions:


 * || Things that People Disliked ||> Kinds of people who disliked them ||
 * Society || - The Third Estate had no privileges at all.

- Estates system was too old ||> - Third Estate ||
 * Taxation ||  ||>   ||
 * Feudal Rights and Dues ||  ||>   ||
 * Law ||  ||>   ||
 * Goverment ||  ||>   ||


 * || ** Things that people disliked ** || ** Kinds of People who disliked them ** ||
 * ** Society ** || - The Third Estate had no privileges at all.

- Estates system was too old || - 3rd Estate || - 3rd estate then had to pay most of the taxes
 * ** Taxation ** || - Nobility and Clergy were exempt from taxes

|| 3rd Estate || || - The Landlord could take what he/she wanted from the property - Peasants had to pay grueling amounts to their landlords - Peasants were charged for using everything on there land || --- 3rd Estate || || - The law was unfair - People were wrongly accused - People were accused for made up crimes just so they could be removed || All Estates || ||
 * ** Feudal Rights and Dues **
 * ** Law **
 * ** Government **

- Also Unfair - Main source for taking in money for the king - Money that was taken in wasn’t used properly, used on luxuries for the royalty - The Use of Sealed letters, people were imprisoned or exiled for no cause at all - Was not under control. || --- All Estats ||


 * At the time frances' government was a mess. The third estates was finally standing up for itself and trying to give in its input on how to help fix the government while every other estate was trying to do the same. The main problem at steak was the government, people wanted a change in their life the government was the place to start

World History Class Work 9/2/10 P. 27-28 Q’s 3-6


 * 3. ** E,B,G,A,C,I,D,H,F

Causes: E,B,G,A,C Consequences: I,D,H,F3


 * 4. ** Political: People thought the king and his ministers had to much power

Social: People disliked the fact the marie antonette was Austrian.

Economic: Nobles disliked the government’s plans for a new land tax because they would lose their privilege of tax exemption People disliked Marie Antoinette’s spending

Many poor people blamed the government for high prices


 * 5. ** I think what was the most un popular in the government was that the king and his ministry had to much power. They were allowed to use the sealed letters. The king was able to show his reign of power. Then because of this, high prices, unemployment and other consequences happened. Overall there was just a major problem with the way France was governed.


 * 6. ** Yes, even though Marie Antoinette was not loved by the public the king him self had his own power issues too. Even Though she did have some bad traits such as spending enormous amounts of money on things that were by far from necessary. The Kings doings were much worse. There would still be the land tax, There would still be the rights that he granted the landowners, that were vey unfair to the peasants. Even if he had not married her the government would still be unpopular.