Read Chapter 6 in Modern Perspectives, Background to the French Revolution, and complete the following tasks.
Follow the instructions for each section and you will hand in two preps from your choice of sections 2 to 5 and the prep for section 6. Due Friday Oct. 20
1. The Failure of Enlightened Despotism in France
Notes
2. Society under the Old Regime, ancien regime
Compare and contrast the three estates.
3. The Grievances of the Peasants
Outline the grievances of the Peasants in chart form.
4. The Government under the Old Regime
What ingredients of revolution did the government of the time contain?
5. The Advanced Civilization of France
How did the "advanced" nature of French society make revolution more likely?
6. The Financial Plight of the Old Regime
What events or situations lead to the summoning of the Estates-General for May 1789?
