Aim: How did the combination of the Enlightenment philosophies and the socioeconomic conditions of France in the 1780s help fuel the French Revolution?

Aim: How did the combination of the Enlightenment philosophies and the socioeconomic conditions of

France in the 1780s help fuel the French Revolution?

• In your groups, compare SOAPS of “Travels in France”

• As a group, pick three quotes – what do you think are the three biggest problems the French government has to deal with?

Aim: How did the combination of the Enlightenment philosophies and the socioeconomic conditions of France in the 1780s help fuel

the French Revolution?

Aim: How did the combination of the Enlightenment philosophies and the socioeconomic conditions of France in the 1780s help fuel the French

Revolution?

Aim: How did the combination of the Enlightenment philosophies and the socioeconomic conditions of France in the 1780s help fuel the French

Revolution?

Aim: How did the combination of the Enlightenment philosophies and the socioeconomic conditions of France in the 1780s help fuel the French

Revolution?

Aim: How did the combination of the Enlightenment philosophies and the socioeconomic conditions of France in the 1780s help fuel

the French Revolution?

Aim: How did the combination of the Enlightenment philosophies and the socioeconomic conditions of France in the 1780s help fuel the French

Revolution?

Aim: How did the combination of the Enlightenment philosophies and the socioeconomic conditions of

France in the 1780s help fuel the French Revolution?

The Palace of Versailles• Built by Louis XIV (Sun King) as a symbol of his power• Today’s USD = over $300 billion • Over 700 rooms• 20,000 people (servants, nobles, royal court, royal

family) • Construction began in 1661 and ended in 1711, and

additions continued through the reign of Louis XVI (late 1700s-almost a century later!)

Aim: How did the combination of the Enlightenment philosophies and the socioeconomic conditions of France in

the 1780s help fuel the French Revolution?

Louis XIV (born 1638, reigned 1643-1715)– Nickname = The Sun

King (L’etat, c’est moi!) – Dependency of nobles

on L14– Wars of Aggression – Built Versailles

The Old Regime and the Estate System – Legal Social Classes

First Estate

Land = 10%People = 1%

Second EstateLand = 35%People = 2%

Third EstateLand = 55%

People = 97%

EVERYONE ELSE:

Peasants to city workers to bourgeoisie (well educated middle class)

Nobility – People who were given a “title” by the king (Sir, Lady, Baron, Duke, etc.) - inherited

Clergy – Priests and other RCC officials