HIS241H1- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 46 pages long!)
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Louis xvi called an estates general, in hopes of finally pushing his tax reform through: estates ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)al: gathe(cid:396)i(cid:374)g of the th(cid:396)ee diff (cid:862)estates(cid:863) i(cid:374) f(cid:396)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e, 1st estate: nobility, 2nd estate: the church, 3rd estate: everyone else. June, 1789: 3rd estate lost patience and formed the national assembly: members from the other two estates were also invited, and a surprising # joined. Louis xvi eventually bent to the will of the assembly, agreeing to some limited reforms but only if the voting of estates stayed in place this did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)o(cid:396)k. Jacobins quickly began to arrest other ppl in france somewhat at random for believing in god, talking bad about the cps, etc. June 9, 1794: militia under the control of the sans culottes formed: eventually, the jacobins began to turn on each other. Middle and upper class could follow the new ideas (e. g. rousseau) that assaulted traditional society: academies of science.
