The French Revolution

1. Many people were critical in France of the:
a)Nobility because they had control of pretty much all the peasants in France and they also didn't have to pay military service. Aside from not paying military service they also didn't have to pay much taxes either, and some didn't pay any taxes at all. The nobility or the high class lived the luxurious life.
b)The king because he had control of absolutely everyone and everything in the kingdom.
c)The Clergy because they had their own estate or social class. Also they had their own rules and regulations.

2. In 1789 a French peasant would have grumbled about how they had to pay both the clergy and they lords. They were the biggest estate in France, but the ones who had to pay the most. In my opinion they probably paid double half was for themselves but the other half was for the nobles, who paid no taxes.

3. The cartoonist was drawing about the how France was divided pretty much into three social classes; the clergy, the nobles, and the peasants. It's trying to say that the clergy and the nobles lived the good life few taxes while the peasants paid their taxes and worked hard for nothing.

4. The author says that the peasants have a lives full of suffering. They suffer enough as it is paying feudal dues to the Lords. To one lord they must pay with about everything they have, and to the other lord they must pay equally the same leaving them with nothing. But that isn't all they have to also pay taxes to the king which are equally as much or more than what they pay to the lords. This means they are left with nothing to eat or to buy anything for themselves.

5. Sources A,B, and C don't exactly explain why poor people resented the rich, but it explains many motives as to why they would hate them. It states that they pay too much taxes and shows that the rich people earn more than enough to pay taxes as well. But on the other hand it shows that the peasants hoped to one day not have to pay as much taxes or work for such little amount of money. So it never states that they resented them it just shows motives.

6. Jean Jacques Rousseau influenced the peasants because they were tired of paying unnecessary taxes and working hard for nothing. The word Democracy meant a lot to them, it meant freedom of taxes and hopefully a better government. A better government meant more rights and a better life for the peasants.

7. The nobles would probably have banned this pamphlet because they didn't want the peasants to rebel against them. They didn't want them to open their eyes and say i deserve a better life, i deserve not to pay taxes, those were things that the higher classes didn't want, especially the king. The king would hate this because it meant that there was less money coming in from the peasants.