French revolution Diego Velasquez
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- We don't pay taxes, but we share power with the nobility.
- This is unfair! We do all the work and pay all the taxes.
- The Estates System
- The common people should bear the tax burden, not us.
- The Estates System
- French society was divided into three estates: the first state (clergy), the second estate (nobility), and the third estate (commoners and bougeoisie). Only the third estate paid taxes, causing widespread discontent and a sense of injustice.
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- We will not leave until we draft a constitution to protect our rights!
- We are tired of the monarchy's injustices!!!
- The tennis court Oath (National Assembly)
- In 1789, after being excluided from the estates-general meeting , members of the third estate gathered at a tennis court and swore an oath not to separe until they created a new constitution that limited the kings power.
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- To arms! we must free the prisioners and seize the gunpowder!
- The Storming of the Bastille
- On July 14, 1789, the people of paris stormed the bastille, a prision that symbolized royal oppresion. this event marked the beginning of the french revolution and became a powerful symbol of the fight for freedom and justice
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- You cannot take the fortress!
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