HIST 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tennis Court Oath, History Of Europe, Atheism
11 Oct 2018
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No social mobility (1st clergy, 2nd nobles, 3rd peasants/bourgeoisie). Factors toward the french revolution: (1789) france facing fiscal crises due to its increased debt after spending a lot of capital financing wars. Increased taxes over the 3rd estate - lower classes unhappy + starvation. * progress only achieved by focusing on reason and. * deism ("belief in the existence of a supreme being who does not intervene in the universe"). * atheism (decisive break with the christian worldview). * liberty at all levels: social, political, and economic (liberalism - "laissez-faire"). 3rd estate asked at the estates general: 3 events that defined the french revolution 1789 : New national assembly formed by the 3rd estate; people no longer loyal to the monarch, but loyal to the nation. Political prison destroyed; became symbol of triumph/power of the people. 3- declaration of rights of the men and citizen, 1789, by the. * liberal revolution (equal rights; but not social equality).
