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The French Revolution was a time of political and social unrest between 1789 to 1799. Many factors contributed to the start of the French Revolution like social structure under the Old Regime, political grievances from members of the Third Estate, and overspending in the government. Since France was controlled by absolutism and divided into classes brought on by the Old Regime it allowed for clear boundaries to be established and uproar to occur because of the overwhelming disadvantages that the Third Estate had to deal with. This system divided France into three estates; the clergy who made up the First Estate, followed by the nobility in the Second Estate and everyone else was part of the Third Estate. This division of classes caused many …show more content…

Like it can be seen in the cartoon in document 2, the people in the Third Estate were burdened by the privileges of the First and Second Estate. For example, members of the Third Estate had to pay many taxes and fees and had no privileges or exemptions unlike people in the other estates. As a result, it difficult for the Third Estate to have any power or voice in their society because they had to pay taxes that were controlled by people from a higher estate and they had the power to “..exempt, change, add, or diminish [the taxes] at pleasure.” (Document 1). As a result of the injustices many people in the Third Estate had to deal with they decided to rebel and demand their …show more content…

Cashier of the parish of Aix-en-Provence stated, “ We cannot hide, Sire, that the nobility consumes the major part of State income.A noble man, who knows how to dance well, ride a horse well, and handle a sword, thinks he deserves everything, and, nonetheless, he pretends that he does not owe anything to the State.”(Document 3). This brought to light how the nobility thinks that they do not need to help the State during this time of need and how the Third Estate only wants what is best for the State. In addition, in 1789 men made a list of grievances that declared the rights they deserved (Document 4) and in 1791 women followed in their footsteps and declared their own rights as members of the society (Document 5). Furthermore, after the tennis court oath was established it helped pave the way for more grievances to be declared from members of the Third Estate and for the abolition of the monarchy and the social

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