VT21-6.2-Worrisome wigs 18th century

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Good morning 2Ta/h

Planning for this lesson

6.2 instruction

6.2 TvG questions

1-2,3 and 5

Objectives for this lesson

• Understanding two causes of the French revolution.

Absolutism

Absolutism/ absolute power

• Form of government
• The monarch is able to decide everything: his/her power is absolute.

Three French kings

Louis XIV

-Build Versailles

-Very powerful

Louis XV

-Spends lot of money

-Loses sympathy

Louis XVI

-Can't fix financial problems.

-Hated by many French

Cause 1 of the French Revolution

Empty treasury and national debt

• Expensive wars
• Luxurious life at Versailles
• Rich people don't pay taxes
• Louis XVI didn't try to fix the problems

Write down the names of the three estates

Cause 2 of the French Revolution

Inequality

• No say
• taxes
• jurisdiction
  

Planning for this lesson

6.2 TVG: 1,2,3 and 5

Done?

Check your answers

Done?

Work on the 'gap fill in summaries'