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About the French Revolution.
Myth 1: The revolution provided “equality for all.”
Even after the Revolution, only wealthy men over the age of 25 could vote for deputies in the National Assembly.
Myth 2: There’s one way to view the Revolution.
For some, the French Revolution was a BOURGEOIS revolution because it favored the upper classes linked to commerce and the real estate market.
Myth 3: The revolution was led by peasants — the poor and hungry masses.
In May, 1789 King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General. It comprised three groups: the clergy, the nobility, and the common people (the Third Estate). But this “third estate” was upper-middle class people who worked in professions like law and medicine.
When the Third Estate disagreed with the King’s plans to raise taxes and splintered off to form the National Assembly … the French Revolution was born.
So did you fact-check your knowledge …
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About the French Revolution.
Myth 1: The revolution provided “equality for all.”
Even after the Revolution, only wealthy men over the age of 25 could vote for deputies in the National Assembly.
Myth 2: There’s one way to view the Revolution.
For some, the French Revolution was a BOURGEOIS revolution because it favored the upper classes linked to commerce and the real estate market.
Myth 3: The revolution was led by peasants — the poor and hungry masses.
In May, 1789 King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General. It comprised three groups: the clergy, the nobility, and the common people (the Third Estate). But this “third estate” was upper-middle class people who worked in professions like law and medicine.
When the Third Estate disagreed with the King’s plans to raise taxes and splintered off to form the National Assembly … the French Revolution was born.
So did you fact-check your knowledge …
LEARN LIBERTY:
Your resource for exploring the ideas of a free society. We tackle big questions about what makes a society free or prosperous and how we can improve the world we live in. Watch more at learnliberty.org/.
