Developments in the EG Flashcards
(19 cards)
When did the Estates General begin?
5 May 1789
Was the Estates-General representative?
YES:
-Third estate had double representation
-National election - 7m people voted in the EG in some form (biggest franchise of the time)
-1st estate deputies were 75% lower clergy ( proportional to the population)
-Lockean Ideology- “no tax without representation”: property and tax qualification to vote
NO:
-Only 2 peasants, both from Brittany
-Members of the 1st and 2nd estate could be voted as deputies for the 3rd estate but not vice versa - 60 3rd estate deputies = nobility/Clergy
-Preserve of an educated and wealthy - deputy was an unpaid position
-Indirect voting for third estate
Who kept the Parisians informed about the developments at the Estates-General?
-Duc D’Orleans
-Desmoullins
-Marat
What disappointed the third estate deputies at the onset of the Estates-General?
-No agenda was put forward by Louis and his ministers
-Necker did not announce a reform package
-No clear indication for voting procedures.
What happened on the 4th June that distracted Louis from the EG?
-His son and heir (Dauphin) ,aged 7, died.
a)What did the 3rd estate deputies ask for and b)what was the response of the clergy and nobility?
a) For the Estates-General to be an open session to talk about voting
b) Denied by the other estates:
1st estate:133-114
2nd estate:188 to 46
How was Abbe Sieyes influential in agitating the third estate?
-Abbe sieyes was a third estate deputy
-He published the pamphlet what is the third estate
- Influential in the process of third estate voting 491 to 90 that they should call themselves the National Assembly on the 17h June alongside Mirabeau
a)When is the National Assembly proclaimed b) what was it and c) by who?
a) 17 June 1789
b)A representative of the French state composed of 3rd estate deputies who asserted the right to represent the nation (voted 491-90)
c) Third Estate deputies
Who joined the 3rd estate in the National Assembly on the 19th June?
-clergymen, 1st estate. 149-137 in favor
What did Necker persuade Louis to do?
-Persuaded him to present a reform package which was arranged for the 23rd of June?
Who was the elected president of the third estate?
-Bailly ( future mayor of Paris)
What caused the Tennis Court Oath?
-door to the room the Assembly had been meeting was locked which created fears the King would forcibly end the Assembly, exacerbated by him placing royal troops outside Versailles
a)When was the Tennis Court Oath and b) what was the oath on?
a)20 June 1789
b) That the members of the third estate would never disband no matter what until France had a new constitution–very radical
What did Louis a)accept and b)not accept on the 23 June 1789 with the presentation of his 35 point program?
a) abolition of lettre de cachet and the principle of a new fairer taxation
b)The use of the term National Assembly instead of Estates General
Why did Louis 35 point program fail?
- Failed as 3rd estate demands had exceeded those stated in the cahiers
-This means that the 35 point program was not radical enough to appease the assertive and agitated 3rd estate
on the 26 June 1789, how many extra troops did Louis order to Paris?
4800
When did Louis accept the national assembly and what else did he accept
-27 June 1789
-voting by head
By 4 July 1789, how many troops were in Paris and were they all French soldiers?
-30,000
-No many foreign mercenaries as Louis could not trust French soldiers- inspired fear in the parisians
Why were tensions heightened for Parisians on the 11 and 14 July 1789?
-11: The King dismissed Necker, the Parisians favourite minister, who was replaced by the conservative Breteuil which gave the impression he was going to go back on his reforms
-14: Bad harvest led to bread prices skyrocketing. highest since 1715
