Marie Antoinette was conceived on November 2, 1755 in the Austrian capital of Vienna. Her folks were Francis the first and Maria Theresa. She was the second to last kid, as her parents went on to have 15 children.. At a youthful age she was shown great ethics, due to her royal upbringing. When the child of Louis XV passed away, his demise permitted the ruler's 11-year-old grandchild to be next to inherited the French honored position. While Marie was just 14 years of age she had already been arragned to marriage. After Louis XV passed,, Louis Aguste, Marie's husband, went to the French position of royalty, making Marie Antoinette the ruler of France.
The Government in France was a very shaky one. Members of the 3rd estate called for an
The First and Second Estate didn’t do nearly as much work for the country as the Third Estate did. This estate consisted of 75% of the country. They were in charge of the distribution of the agricultural products that the country made. As Abbe Sieyes said, “What is the Third Estate? Everything; but an everything shackled and oppressed.” (Abbe Sieyes). The Third Estate is the same as the other Estates, but more poor than them. Abbe Sieyes believed that they deserved more recognition than they ever got. Overall, the First and Second Estate treated the Third Estate terribly, and didn’t give them recognition for their work caused the French
After reading documents 8 and 9, one can infer that the third estate had no power when it came to making laws or to enforce them even though they made up the majority of the population. The first and second estate’s lack of empathy towards the commoners of France led them to consider overthrowing the government to put France in a better financial state. Document 5 shows how the majority of France was ready to overthrow the government due to the effects of the monarch’s rule. The third estate’s collective attitude sparked some of the events of the revolution. For example, documents 11 and 16 are paintings portraying the Tennis Court Oath and the Women’s March to Versailles.
The citizens of the 3rd estate and some citizens in the 2nd estate in France during 1789, were not happy at all. They were getting heavily taxed by Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, and the Catholic Church. When they didn’t have the money to pay the taxes that was forced upon them. After all of the hard work they put in to growing crops, the crops were taken
Many people may argue that Marie Antoinette was the biggest factor for why France fell into a revolutionary state, however, Marie Antoinette was a queen victimized and forced to play role from a young age to satisfy the French people who disapproved. Marie Antoinette was falsely blamed for her actions when in fact it wasn’t her fault. Marie Antoinette was forced to accept a society where she had to learn new customs and traditions. She had to leave everything behind, consequently become something she isn’t. Her frustration and unhappiness with Versailles was no surprise. Marie Antoinette was frustrated by her marriage. At Versailles her husband-to-be, Louis Auguste had no interest in her. In the film, Marie Antoinette, the director clearly
This statement shows how poorly people of the lower class were treated, and how corrupt this system of government is on the people of France. Once the French monarchy faced bankruptcy in 1787, the Estates General was called, and a new form of government was formed called the National Assembly. This government was composed of members of the third estate, because they were the only estate that had to pay taxes when they were already poor. The National Assembly was the rightful representatives of the French people, who demanded tax reform and greater political equality. In a report of the British Ambassador, the Duke
Citizens were not permitted to vote as individuals. Instead one vote was given to each of the three estates, the clergy (first), aristocrats (second), and everyone else excluded from the first two, who were most commonly peasants and the working class (third) (Roberts et al. 646). Unsurprisingly, the Third Estate was outvoted and citizens within became furious. They, “…insisted that those who worked [for low wages] and pay taxes were the nation…” (Roberts et al. 646) Shortly afterward, the National Assembly was born and was determined to take France’s future into its own (Belloc, 93).
Marie Antoinette was born on November 2, 1755, to dominant and controlling Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa. She had a normal childhood, but when she was 12, her mother decided to arrange a marriage with France to solidify the connection between Austria and France. Maria Theresa chose Antoinette for her gentle disposition, (as well as lack of other daughters to offer), and she was sent off to Versailles. Antoinette however, did not lead the life she expected. She suffered through the humiliation not being able to produce children for another seven years, having a feeble husband who, at first, had no interest in romance, and the French Revolution, the event that would lead to her demise.
As queen of France, Marie Antoinette was a symbol of what the common French peasant hated of the aristocracy. She often had a cold disinterest in the common people, however being warm and outgoing to fellow noble aristocrats. Generally liked at first, she turned into the very thing commoners hated of the aristocracy. Through her years, her actions as queen, what she did during times of unrest and turmoil in France, and simply how the people viewed her attributed to her becoming of a villain to the peasants.
Marie Antoinette was born ‘Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna’, the second last child of Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. When Marie Antoinette moved to France to become the wife of Louis-Auguste, she was just a girl of 14 years old. Ultimately, Marie Antoinette married Louis-Auguste in May, 1770, at the young age of 15. Louis Auguste, soon to be King Louis XVI, was shy and withdrawn, quite the opposite of Marie Antoinette, who was an outgoing, social butterfly. Marie Antoinette once stated: “The king… is overwhelmed by an awkward shyness, mistrust in himself, which proceeds from his education as much as from his disposition. He is afraid of command and above all things, dreads speaking to assembled numbers. He lived like a child and always ill at ease…” (Campan, 1824). After Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI married, the young couple soon came to symbolize the extravagance of the French monarchy. When she became wife of Louis-Auguste, Marie Antoinette was first adored by the French people and then increasingly disliked as tales of her rich lifestyle circled around France. As quoted Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan, one of Marie Antoinette’s ladies-in-waiting: “[Marie Antoinette] occasionally passed the evening … where a brilliant party of young person’s met together. They introduced a taste for trifling games, such as
It can be easily said that the intended audience for this letter was to Marie Antoinette’s mother, Maria Theresa the empress of Austria. Marie states several times throughout the letter of her many thanks to her mother for the reciprocating letters. The excitement in Marie’s tone is evident that she is astonished, despite the chaotic excitement upon their arrival, the amount of order there is. Marie is overjoyed that despite the hardships that the peasants faced, such as taxes, they remain loyal to her and her husband Louis, and show their affection with cheering and excitement. In response to the love that they received, Marie makes a point to tell her mother that the dauphin and herself wished the citizens not to be harmed despite the fact that they were unable to move for hours from the sheer masses of people who gathered upon their arrival.
"Marie Antoinette was the Austrian born child bride of the future King Louis XVI of France. It was an arranged marriage designed to
Many people may know Marie Antoinette as being a wealthy woman who had it all and she did, but by the end of her life she was a prisoner of the war. Marie Antoinette had an interesting life that consisted of her becoming engaged at the age of 15. There are many things about Marie Antoinette that interest people, especially what happened in her early life, mainly the events of the Diamond Necklace Affair, what happened at the end of her life.
The 3rd estate was made of of the peasants and the bourgeoisie that made up about 97% of the total population of France. In France, their legislative body was called the estates-general. It was made up of one vote of each of the 3 estates. The 1st and the 2nd estates were comprised of the nobles and clergy who had taxes only in times of war. They were very happy with the way things were at the time, so the 3rd estate was always outvoted in the estates-general.
One of the 1st proofs for their problems with the politics in France was, “In order to assure the 3rd estate the influence it deserves because of its numbers… its votes in the assembly should be taken by head…(Doc. 3 “Cahiers”) This excerpt from document 3 explains that the 3rd estates wants more power in government and politics due to the amount of number of people. The purpose for this, is so that they have a say in government and will not get outvoted by the 1st and 2nd estate who have majority of the power during the ancient regime. Another example of the politics in France is in the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen (1789), “ Liberty consists in being to do anything that does not arm another person.” (Doc 8, Rule 4 of Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen).
Marie Antoinette was born on November 2, 1755 at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, and in a rich