I am sooo... Tried of the government!! They keep taxing us!!
Why do we have to pay taxes and the other 2 estates don't.
We need to fight for our freedom.
BANKRUPT
My family needs more money!!
We will have a meeting with all estates!!!
My people need food and money!! We want a reform!!
Hmm.. maybe we should tax the 3rd estate more..
We are running out of money what shall we do ??
Meeting of Estates Generals
I had enough it's time for war!!
Did you lock them out??
Open the door!!
Yes..
Let us in!!
There are three estates first and second and lastly the thrid estate. The first estate has high-ranking officials of the church and is the privileged class. and the second estate is made upon nobles and the privileged class. The last estate is everyone else which they are called commoners and bourgeoisie merchants and unprivileged class.
Tennis Court Oath
Here we make a new constitution.
Time to end you
The king and queen were money spenders the spent their money on clothes and buildings Also, another factor that contributed to wars like the seven-year war and the American revolution. This making France poorer and poorer because this caused a deficit spending which means that the government was spending more thanit makes.
The king dies/The reign of terror
Noooooo... *Cries*
Don't move!!
National Assembly - King XVL calls the estates to solve frances financial crisis. Voting was conducted by the estates. Each estate had one vote. The first and second estates could operate as a bloc to stop the third estates. But the representatives from the third estate demanded that voting is by population and this gave a third estate a great advantage and deadlock resulted. The lock out the thrid estate.
Since the king locked the third estate out of the third estate the thrid estate instead meets nearby a tennis court and the thrid estate creates the national assembly and establishes a new constitution. All took place on (June 20,1789)
Now time to take over the king!!
The citizen heard that Louis XVI was going to use military force against them to stop them they stormed bastille on( July 14, 1789) Which marked the day of independence of France. Later after this event happen the reign of terror happen and lasted about a year and about 40,000 people were killed during this time and this including king Louis XVI and Maria Antoinette.
The reign of terror ends on July(28,1794). The convention was finally able to inaugurate its new condition and the new constitution creates another new government called The Directory. This brought slavery to end and as access to public school and brought new systems of laws.
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