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Fraternity
Legally
Populatio
n
Privileges
Exemption
s
Burdens
First
Circa 130,000
Paid no taxes
Subject to
Church law
rather than civil
law
Paid no taxes
None
None
High-ranking
clergy
Secon
d
Circa 110,000
Third
Circa
25,000,000
Nobles
Everyone else:
artisans,
bourgeoisie,
city workers,
merchants,
peasants, etc.,
along with
many parish
priests
Marie Antoinette
She
spent huge
amounts on clothes,
buying a new dress
nearly every other
day.
Being Austrian, she
was terribly
unpopular in France
and had few friends.
There
Mouniers Suggestion
Let us swear to
God and our country
that we will not
disperse until we
have established a
sound and just
constitution, as
instructed by those
who nominated us.
-M. Mounier
Constitution of 1791
Democratic features
Undemocratic features
Conditions in Paris
Liberated Prisoners
Later
Under pressure
from the National
Guard, the King
also agreed to
return to Paris
with his wife
and children.
It was the last
time the King
saw Versailles.
The San-Culottes
The bourgeoisie
Simple Solutions
Though
Mob placing the red cap of liberty on the King's head at the Tuileries
Jean-Paul Marat
Watch Committees
Republic of Virtue
The Directory
People
Napoleon Bonaparte