social studies

The 3 estates could not agree whether or not to address the problem of taxation completely neorganies the government.
Led by the count Mirabeau, a brilliant speaker. Leader, the third estate declared that they would form a completely new government, the nationality assemble.

Louis became king in 1774, he was not prepared to rule. He was not very interested in the government at all.
In the 1770,at the age of 15 louis married 14 year old Marie Antoinette.
The problems Louis inherited were complicated, and too much for one person to handle.

She was married off to Louis XIV at the age of 14 in 1770
Her marriage sealed an alliance between Austria and France
She had no education or experience on her judgement

Natural rights: The Declaration opens with the statement that will "set the fourth the nature, inalienable, and sacred rights"of man
Equality with the Declaration recognized the rights of citizens.
The National Assembly passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and citizen on august 26, 1789.

The Age of Enlightenment was started by the philosophes in the 18th century
They did not believe in religion and felt science was the answer to human success
The philosophes had influenced many groups in France like the Bourgeoisie and Nobility

The Estates General was where the three estates would get together and vote as a blok on what laws to be passed
Top two estates could always out vote the third even though there were many more people in the third estate because of the blok system
Louis XVI gave The Estates General little power as he did not want to give up his, but not all The Estates General wanted to follow him and have a democratic system in France.

The 3 estates could not agree whether or not to address the problem of taxation completely reorganizes the government.
Led by the count Mirabeau, a brilliant speaker. Leader, the third estate declared that they would form a completely new government, the nationality assemble.

July 14, 1789, mob attacked the Bastille prison
Released 7 prisons from the prison
Mob killed the prison governor and paraded his head throughout the streets
Frightened the King, the prison symbolized the monarchy, so the fall of the jail represented the monarchy falling too

Starts on October 5, 1789
Women got tired of waiting for help with food problems
Young women entered marketplace beating drums, carrying kitchen knives
Marched 22 km to versailles
Attacked the national assembly and other buildings

Once in paris, the national assembly worked quickly to establish a new constitution
Most of the old system was swept away, all noble titles were declared obsolete
Many aristocrats fled to other countries such as Austria, England and Switzerland