French+Revolution

//French Revolution// **Causes of the French Revolution** The French Revolution didn't just happen. The cause of it has been bothering the people for years and now, they have finally decided that enough was enough. In France, there are 3 estates. The 3 estates are the Roman Catholic Clergymen, the nobility, and finally the working class. The clergymen are at the top of the "social pyramid." The nobility is below them. In the working class, there are 2 parts. There is the bourgeoisie, which is the "richer" of the third estate. These are the working class, for example doctors, lawyers, factory owners, or merchants. The absolute bottom of the 3 estates are the peasants. These inequalities among the society caused the uprising of the French Revolution.

**Early Stages of French Revolution** The early stages of the French Revolution were the most crucial to the effort. This included the Storming of the Bastille, the Great Fear, the Tennis Court Oath, and the Women's March to Versailles. All of these events would eventually lead to the end of the monarchy and a new beginning to France. The storming of the Bastille was the beginning to the end of France. The Bastille was a political prison that held weapons and prisoners who were against the king. The people of France broke into the Bastille, stole weapons, killed guards and beheaded the commander, putting his head on a pike. This became a powerful symbol of the French Revolution. The Great Fear was the spread of rumors that the king was going to punish the people, with many of them being false. The Tennis Court Oath was the creation of the National Assembly and the unity of the people against the king. Finally, there was the Women's March to Versailles which had 7,000 women march to Versailles to get the king back to Paris. These events were only the beginning to the French Revolution.

[|The Declaration of the Rights of Man] **The Declaration of the Rights of Man Summary** The document//, The Declaration of the Rights of Man//, is one that is very important to the French way of living. This document gives the natural rights of man and what they can and cannot do. In this, it is very similar to the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson. This document was written at the time of the French Revolution and the writing of this was the marker of the resistance against the monarchy. //The Declarations of the Rights of Man//, states the natural rights of man, as in the rights that cannot be taken away by anyone. However, these rights are limited to the people of the white color or those of the age of 25 years old. As bad as that sounds, it was a start to a new beginning. The French people, like the American people during our Revolution, felt that this was gleam of hope they needed to carry on.