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  • In France, the people were divided into threeestates
  • Third estate Second First Estate Estate
  • France is Bankrupt
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  • How am I going to buy my dresses?
  • Enlightenment ideas influence the Third Estate
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  • OverthrowtheGovernment!!!
  • The First estate was the wealthiest with the most privilegesThe second estate was the second wealthiest with a bit less privilegesThe third estate was the most poor with the least privileges and had to pay all the taxes while the rest payed no tax at all.
  • Meeting of the Estates GeneralMay 5, 1789
  • France has gone bankrupt from spending funds on the 2 previous wars and King Louis spending the money on Lavishes for himself and his palace along with Queen Mary Antoinette spending an incredible amount of money on dresses and fashion.
  • National Assembly
  • The third estate wanted equality for all, and were inspired by the success of the American Revolution to overthrow the Government. They were questioning the divine right of Kings and wanted reform.
  • Napoleon
  • King Louis XVI calls the Estates General, to solve France's financial crisis. Each estate had one vote and the first and second Estates would operate together to block the third estate from having its way. Representatives from the third estate demanded that voting be by population and a deadlock resulted.
  • King Louis locks the third estate out of the meeting.the third estate meets at a nearby tennis court to create the National Assembly. the "Tennis Court Oath" is vowing to establish a new constitution for France.King Louis did not actually want a written constitutionwhen news of his plan to use military military force against the National Assembly reached Paris on July 14, 1789, people stormed the Bastille. This becomes France's Independence Day. The rest didn't fit because i ran out of space...
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