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Mind Map by poppwalton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by poppwalton
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Long Term Causes-
French Revolution
- American War of Independence
- introduced radical ideas to France
- Contributed to the Financial crisis
- American Declaration of Independence
copied but the French
- 1066 million livers spent funding
- American revolution set
up liberty by an army of
citizen
- introduced radical ideas to France
- Enlightenment
- Radical Ideology
- brought to light the problems
of the ancient regime
- people began to believe rational
change could be introduced to the
system
- Popular philosophers
such as Soltaire and
Descartes challenged
the church
- didn't want to overthrow the
King but wanted him to use
more of his power in order to
help citizens
- Rosseau had open
hostility towards the
king and promoted a
democracy
- less people joined the church
- 2nd estate wanted the king
to consult the people more
when making decisions
- Radical Ideology
- Monarchy
- Louis XVI seen as a
weak leader
- people wanted to see an end to
the monarchy and unequal
political system
- made poor decisions
and was highly
indecisive
- Marie Antoinette was used a s a scapegoat
- spent a lot of France's
money on jewels and
gambling
- Amount Marie supposedly spent wasn't in reality that
much and was only a small contribution to the financial
crisis
- louis was head of the
government he served as
'absolute ruler'
- Louis was able to pass new laws
through the system lit de justice
- Louis's decisicion was
final and he was able to
arrest anyone he wanted
- Louis XVI seen as a
weak leader
- Financial and Economic Crisis
- France was on the verge of bankruptcy
- 1066 million livers spent on Wars
- In 1788, 318 million
livers spent on debt
interest
- 16th August 1788
France declared
bankrupt
- Calonne wanted to reform the system -the
notables did not support him -King
dismissed Calonne due to lack of strength
-Expels Paris Parlement
- Necker recalled and he abandoned
reform plans to raise loans
- atempts to introduce reform but the estates
General were fought
- food shortage led to riots
- high unemployment
- France was on the verge of bankruptcy
- Unemployment
- Eden treaty
- set up trade between Britain
and France but in turn
seriously damaged the French
economy.
- set up trade between Britain
and France but in turn
seriously damaged the French
economy.
- companies collapsed
- high unemployment rate
- impoverished and angry
- food shortages and
unemployment made
the situation hostile
- Marie Antoinette ignorant towards the situation
- Eden treaty
- Privileged Classes
- unfair taxation on the poor
- Privilege meant the rich were exempt from
taxation increasing financial problems
- The Church was extremely rich and also didn't pay
- Enlightened Nobles were pro-revolution
- Clashes between that King and Parlement
- 3rd estate highly against
government and ancient regime
- unfair taxation on the poor
- The Bourgeoisie
- More were getting rich
- Fustrated at social inequality and being
taxed more than others
- Highly resentful towards te king and crown
- wanted equality
- More were getting rich
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