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Ench Revolution
Ench Revolution
The Clergy
– 1% of population
– 20% of land
– Exempt from royal taxes
The Nobility
– 2-4% of the population,
20% of the land
– “of the sword”
– “of the robe”
– Exercise feudal obligations
over the Third Estate
The Third Estate
Feudal taxes
– Taille, land tax
– Tithe, church tax
– Gabille, salt tax
Louis XVI
– Grandson of Louis XIV
– Self-interested king that lacked
decisiveness needed by an
absolute monarch
Marie Antoinette
– Daughter of the Habsburg Holy
Roman Emperor
– Manipulative mother despised by
French people
The Bastille
– Located in the center of the city
– Symbol of royal/feudal power
– Used by the monarchy as a prison and
place of torture
– The prison is easily captured, and the
governor beheaded
– The Bastille is eventually torn down
Destruction of the Old Regime
Convention splits…
– The Mountain, kill
– The Girondins, live
Other Activities:
– War in the Vendee (West) of France
– Revolutionary armies supress and kill as many
as 100,000 “enemies” of the Revolution
– Jean-Paul Marat assassinated by Charlotte
Corday on July 13, 1793
– Marie Antionette executed on October 16, 1703