French Revolution part I tennis court oath
- 1. Prepared by, Yazhini Ai. S – Grade – 9 Akara world schools, Tiruchirappalli
- 2. CONTENT STATE OF ALARM STORMING OF THE BASTILLE BOURBON FAMIY SOCIETY OF ESTATES THE SUBSISTENCE CRISIS STRONG MIDDLE CLASS OUTBREAK OF REVOLUTION
- 3. STATE OF ALARM • ON 14TH JULY CITY PARIS WAS IN ALARM. • RUMORS IN CITY THAT SOON KING WILL OPEN FIRE UPON CITIZENS. • 7000 WOMENS AND MENS WERE GATHEREDFOR MILITIA. • BROKE INTO GOVERNMENT AND BUILDING.
- 4. STORMING OF BASTILLE • BASTILLE WAS IN THE PART EASTERN . • IT STOOD DEPOTIC POWER OF KING.
- 5. BOURBON FAMILY • IN 1774 LOUIS XVI OF BOURBORN FAMILY ASCENDED THE THRONE. • MARRIED AUSTRIAN PRINCESS MARIE ANTOINETTE. • LOUIS XVI HELPED 3AMERICAN COLONIES FROM BRITAIN.
- 6. SOCIETY OF ESTATES • WAR HAD DRAINED THE FINANCIAL RESOURCE OF FRANCE. •THIS MADE TO INCREASE HIGH TAXSES. •WHICH MADE SOCIETY OF STATES.
- 7. THE SUBSISTENCE CRISIS • THE POPULATION INCREASED BY AROUND 5 MILLION IN FRANCE IN THE 18TH CENTURY. • DEMAND FOR FOOD. • INCREASED SUPPLY WHICH WAS NOT REMAINED CONSTANT. • SCARCITY OF FOOD RESOURCE. • THE PRICE OF FOOD WENT UP. • CONSEQUENTLY, THE POOR WERE NOT ABLE TO BUY ENOUGH FOOD FOR SURVIVAL.
- 8. SURVIVAL OF FOOD • CONSEQUENTLY, THE POOR WERE NOT ABLE TO BUY ENOUGH FOOD FOR SURVIVAL. • THIS LEDS TO FOOD RIOTS WHICH CAUSED NUMEROUS DEATHS.
- 9. RIOTS DEATH
- 10. STRONG MIDDLE CLASS » INCREASED ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND NEW IDEAS, LED TO A NEW CLASS OF PEOPLE AMONG THE THIRD ESTATE WHO ORGANISED THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE ARCHAIC SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER. • THE IDEA OF DIVINE RIGHTS OF THE KING. • CHALLENGED THE TRADITIONAL FEUDAL SYSTEM OF GIVING PRIVILEGES TO THE NOBILITY.
- 12. ROUSSEAU • PHILOSOPHERS SUCH AS JOHN LOCKE AND JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU ENVISAGED A SOCIETY BASED ON FREEDOM AND EQUAL LAWS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL. • ROUSSEAU PROPOSED A FORM OF GOVERNMENT BASED ON A SOCIAL CONTRACT BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. • THESE IDEAS WERE SPREAD AMONG SALONS AND SPREAD.
- 14. OUT BREAK OF REVOLUTION • 5 TH MAY, 1789: LOUIS XVI CALLED AN ASSEMBLY OF THE ESTATES GENERAL FOR PASSING PROPOSALS FOR NEW TAXES. THE FIRST AND THE SECOND ESTATES SENT 300 REPRESENTATIVES EACH AND THE THIRD ESTATE HAD 600 MEMBE • 20TH JUNE, 1789. • MIRABEAU AND ABBE SIEYES LED THE THIRD ESTATE.
- 15. TENNIS COURT OATH • 14TH JULY, 1789 • RUMOURS SPREAD SAYING THAT THE MANOR HAD HIRED BANDS OF BRIGANDS WHO WOULD DESTROY THEIR RIPE CROPS • PEASANTS ATTACKED CHATEAUX. • NOBLES MIGRATED TO THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. • FINALLY LOUIS XVI ACCEPTED THE CONSTITUION AND POWERS. CONSIDERING CHANGED SITUATION LOUIS ACCEPTED DEMAND OF JOINT MEETING.
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