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French Revolution
What?:Uprising of the 3rd Estate (French middle class and peasants against King Louis and the nobility. (1st and 2nd estates)
Where?: France
When?: 1789
Who?: King Louis XVI, The Third Estate
Why?: Unfair taxation and exposure to the ideas of the Enlightenment (brought home by French soldiers fighting on the American side in the American Revolution)
Results:
1) The King is overthrown and a republic is established.
2) The rights of the French people are written in the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen”.
3) The middle class gains power.
4) Religion and the Church are outlawed in France.
Related Terms: Clergy, Noble, Reign of Terror
Where?: France
When?: 1789
Who?: King Louis XVI, The Third Estate
Why?: Unfair taxation and exposure to the ideas of the Enlightenment (brought home by French soldiers fighting on the American side in the American Revolution)
Results:
1) The King is overthrown and a republic is established.
2) The rights of the French people are written in the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen”.
3) The middle class gains power.
4) Religion and the Church are outlawed in France.
Related Terms: Clergy, Noble, Reign of Terror
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