The french revolution is essential in world history today.

1. GRADE 12 (FET)
FRENCH REVOLUTION

2. CAUSES OF THE FRECH REVOLUTION

4. OLD REGIME
◦ FRANCE WAS DIVIDED IN TO THREE ESTATES
CLERGY
NOBILITY
EVERYONE ELSE

5. FIRST ESTATE
◦ CLERGY
◦ EXEMPTED FROM TAXES
◦ THIRD ESTATE PAID TITHES(TAX) TO CLERGY
◦ ENJOYED PRIVILEGES

6. SECOND ESTATE
◦ NOBILITY
◦ EXEMPTED FROM TAXES
◦ ENJOYED PRIVILEGES

7. THIRD ESTATE
◦ PEASANTS,LABOURERS,SERVANTS,ETC
◦ PAID TITHES
◦ PAID TAILLE

8. LOUIS XVI WAS THE KING OF FRANCE HE CALLED AN
ASSEMBLY

9. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
◦ THIRD ESTATE FORMED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
◦ TOOK OATH IN TENNIS COURT TO PREPARE CONSTITUTION
◦ WANTED TO LIMIT POWERS OF MONARCH

11. THE REIGN OF TERROR

12. WAR AND TERROR
◦France is at war
◦Austria and prussia fear the revolution
◦They demand that the crown is returned to king
Louis XVI
◦France declares war

14. REFERRENCES
◦ Cooke.E,April,30,2008 the French revolutionhttp://www.slideshare.net/eben_cooke/the-frenchrevolution-381921
◦ Batcheller.W,Sep,30,2009 the French
revolutionhttp://www.slideshare.net/wesleybatcheller/the-french-revolution-2097929
◦ Frenach.G,Sep,16,2013http://www.slideshare.net/EmmAay/frenach-rev