Interviewer: Good afternoon ladies and gents and welcome to toute la verité. Today we would like to welcome a special guest speaker. Favian Herman, born on 2nd May 1754, a local peasant man involved in the French Revolution. He has agreed to come and speak with us today as a representation of the Third Estate during the French Revolution. Favian, thank you for being here today! Favian: Bonsoir, I am excited to be here today. Interviewer: What do you believe started the French Revolution? Favian: I believe that the most significant event which sparked the French Revolution to begin was on 14th July 1789, when we the Third Estate took an attack on the Bastille State Prison and set free the prisoners inside. Interviewer: Why was the fall of …show more content…
Not only did we have to pay all these taxes but there was a lack of consistent food source. We were all furious about this, the king, queen and the nobility got to feast on extravagant dinners each and every day, while we all had to starve. This pushed us to the breaking point. Interviewer: What did you do? Favian: To many people today what we did is known as the Great Fear, we peasants armed ourselves against the marauders and attacked manor houses. A lot of the aristocratic properties were ransacked and we had destroyed many recording of feudal due obligations. Some peasants acted violently towards the aristocrats, but our main goal was to destroy the records of the feudal dues. We also attacked grain supplies to help make up for food shortages that we had suffered. Our revolt spread across France but it gradually died down in August 1789 as militias inflicted law and order. Interviewer: Did this act achieve the desired results that the peasants wanted? Favian: For us the result of the Great Fear was very rewarding, many of the nobles and bishops gave up their rights and titles. This led to a new social structure and a decrease in taxes. Finally we were starting to get a bit more …show more content…
Favian: The National Assembly moved to a nearby space, which happened to be a tennis court. 577 deputies took an oath, within this 577 there was some nobles and clergy included. They pledged to remain there until a constitution was formed. Interviewer: How did King Louis react to this? Favian: When Louis heard about the deputies, he didn’t gather troops to remove us but rather muttered “F-k it, let them stay.” Over the next few days clergymen and nobles joined the National Assembly. But Louis backed down on June 27th and ordered the remaining of the First and Second Estate to join the National Assembly. Interviewer: Do you believe that the tennis court oath played a big part in the revolution? Favian: The tennis court oath was a major part as it forced the royal court to back down. With this one act king Louis abolished the Three Estates. Many were furious about how the king surrendered, but when the news reached Paris it triggered much excitement. But there was still more to come. Interviewer: Overall do you believe that the revolution was