The Revolution Begins
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The Revolution Begins
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The Causes of the French Revolution
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The Estates-General
· Louis XVI had no choice but to call for a meeting of the to find a solution to the problem.
o Included .
o Had not met since , the current year is .
o Set in motion a series of events which resulted in the abolition of the monarchy and a completely new socio-political system for France!
The Meeting of the Estates General
· Voting was conducted by estate, each had one vote
· The First and Second Estates could operate as a to stop the Third Estate from having it’s way.
· The Third Estate wanted voting to be done by population, this would give them a great advantage as they made up % of the population.
· Deadlock resulted
The Tennis Court Oath
· The declares itself to be the .
· Louis XVI responded by locking the out of the meeting.
· The Third Estate relocated to a nearby indoor tennis court, where its members vowed to .
· On June 23 1789, Louis XVI gave in. He ordered the three estates to meet together as the and vote, by population, on a new .
The National Assembly
· Louis XVI actually want a constitution.
· When news of his plan to use military forces against the National Assembly reached on July 14 1789, people .
The Great Fear
· The Uprising spreads throughout France
o were attacked across the country
o Records of and owed were destroyed
o Many nobles fled the country out of fear – became known as .
o Louis XVI forced to fly the new tricolor flag of France
Goodbye Versailles!
· Revolutionaries feared that Louis XVI would have invade France to the rebellion.
o Remember; Louis XVI’s wife, Marie Antoinette, was the of the Austrian emperor!
· On October 5, 1789 a group of women marched from Paris to Versailles. More people joined as they marched.
o Forced Louis XVI and his family to move to , along with the National Assembly
§ They felt the government shouldn’t be removed from the conditions in Paris
o Royal family spent next several years in the Tuileries Palace, as .