Causes of the French Revolution
~The Third Estate demands reforms
in voting, but the King refuses .
~King Louis XVI disbands the
Estates General, which led to the Tennis Court Oath.
~The Third Estate declares
a new legislature called the Natioal Assembly and it is going to be controlled
by them .
~The people of France was so
poor that they could not afford to buy food.
~The First and Second Estate.
~Decrees forced peasants to
work on public projects .
~Only the privileged nobility
could hunt .
~The peasants could not use
salt .
~The peasant class was treated
unfairly .
~The French government was
in debt .
~France's economy is failing
.
~Ideas from the Enlightenment
writers .
~Louis XVI was indecisive .