EUROPE REVIEW MIDDLE AGES TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Dec 27, 2015
A list of 95 statements
criticizing the Catholic Church
The church door where Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses in Wittenburg,
Germany
The Proletariat (the worker) and the Bourgeoisie (the wealthy factory
owner).
A proletariat ready to revolt
•Killed 1/3 of the population,
•forced farmers to diversify crops,
•peasants revolted, •working class moved to the cities,
•feudal lords lost power.
A formal exclusion (removal) from participating in the Church ex: Martin Luther was excommunicated after the 95 Theses because it spoke ill of the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church would not allow Henry to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Outraged he put religion in England under
control of the monarchy. This allowed him to start the
protestant reformation. He was able to get a divorce so
he could marry again in hopes of Anne Boleyn
birthing a son to take his throne.
Wealthy landowners fenced
in common pastures &
experimented with new technology,
like crop rotation.
FIRST ESTATE: Is made up of the clergy and only represents 1/2% of the total population. They control 65% of the land in France, making them the wealthiest estate.
SECOND ESTATE: The Second Estate is made up of the nobility in France. They represent about 1-2% of the population and they control over 25% of the land.
THIRD ESTATE: Make up 98% of the population, It is a diverse group of peasants, farmers, working class and middle class. Even though this group is large in population they only own 10% of the land in
France. They are also burdened with heavy taxes.
1. The education of all French children.2. A stronger banking system & taxation for all. 3. Law: The Napoleonic Code4.The Catholic Church was reinstated as the Church of France.
They walked out of the Estates General Meeting
& created their own National Assembly from the writing of the Tennis
Court Oath.
The 3rd Estate marched to the prison to demonstrate their disgust the monarchy and
Louis XVI was forced to give up throne. This event is
considered to be the start of the French Revolution.