Okay so everything in France sucked for literally everyone except the nobility and royals. Some social causes were the fact that the estate system was a thing and it was awful . So pretty much, people were divided up in some real stupid ways: Here's a handy chart: ( I made it myself)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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So as you can see, everything sucked for a good 98% of the population. Feudalsim was still a huge thing even though France was supposed to be a super advanced country, the king was a big weenie. People like Diderot and Rousseau and Voltaire and all those other Enlightment thinkers were there like "Freedom of speech!! Nationalism!! Checks and Balances!! JUST DO IT!!!"

 

The entire country's revenue was dependent on the taxes it collected from the third estate. Now you tell me if it wouldn't make sense for the country to have constant economic crises. Also, our freaking homeboy Louis XIV plunging the whole damn country into debt with his stupid Palace of Versailles and the wars he put everyone through. Also Louis XVI with his stupid frickin village of sheep for Marie Antionette, and that one village for the mistresses. People who could BARELY afford bread were the ones paying for this junk years afterwards. All in all, no bueno.  Angry third estate= REVOLUTION.

 

 

• 1. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen :  

SO pretty much that declaration was like "Do whatever the heck you want as long as you aren't hurting anyone" which is the way I live life so that's rad. The people were rebelling, demanding rights to be able to live life the way they wanted for once. And thus, they forced a little popular participation in there.

 

• 2. Civil Constitution of the Clergy

So they nationalized the Church with this thing that basically said, "Priests have to be voted in, and take an oath of loyalty to the government." Not many people liked this, actually, but oh well. It erased some of the hereditary priveleges people had by making it harder for priests to just bring in their relative to replace them.

• 3. Constitution of 1791

MMmkay so this is what really made  this really constitional: they got a freaking constitution. (wow who would've thunk) While they  technically had a king, they took away a lot of his power by putting sovereignty in the Legislative assembly.

 

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Okay, so first off: A lot of people died, especially the king and queen, and nobility.  Obviously, there's gonna be a lot of unhappiness: There was a lot of people who reallly liked their religion and didn't appreciate the radicals seeing it as an enemy of the state. The price fixing didn't really help seeing as France has kinda always been in a constant state of  bad economy. There was also a lot of "enemies of the state"  losing their heads over the reign of terror (teehee)  and so there were people trying to leave the country (them emigres tho) and rebelling against the radical government. So then as a result of the R.O.T., King Louis XVI got beheaded, Marie Antionette got beheaded, and eventually even radical-ass Robespierre got beheaded. Crazy, right? Who says history isn't fun??!                                                                       

 

4. Explain the impact of the revolution on women.

Okay so pretty much women were regarded in France to be passive and lesser than men (well if that ain't the most familiar concept). They were like, "Hey can we kind of be considered citizens and get some rights" and the men were like "Haha no" and the women were like, "Alight  now we gotta cut a salop."  Part of the reason women were considered so low besides the rigid patriarchy that has ruled nearly everywhere since seemingly the beginning of time is that Marie Antionette was seen as so sucky that she kinda ruined the image of women everywhere. Women were actually pretty big impacts on the revolution themselves seeing as they had some pretty big moments, like the whole march to Versailles. Also, our homegurl Charlotte Corday went and straight up stabbed a salop, our radical bud Jean Paul Marat.  

 

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According to this  quizlet, he improved the school system, made all people equal, made a good deal with the RCC called the Condordat, removed feudalism, and had infrastructure improved. And he was all like,