1). Identify and explain ONE event that occurred in France in 1789 that would support the argument concerning the causes of the French Revolution in the first passage.
One event that took place in 1789 that defends the argument was the summoning of Estates General by Louis XVI as an attempt to solve France's problems. The Estates General was the representative body of the Three Estates of the realm. In the past when it came to voting the the First Estate (clergy) and the Second Estate (nobility) would vote against the Third Estate (the rest of society), but the Third Estate decided that they'd had enough, and would no longer put up with unfair treatment. Therefore they left the Three states and declared themselves the National Assembly, showing the unification of the lower classes and the desire for legal equality.
2). Identify and explain ONE aspect of the French Revolution that would support the argument concerning revolutionary ideas made in the second passage.
July 14, 1789 the common people formed a provisional municipal government and organized a militia of volunteers, and marched to the Bastille to obtain weapons. The people demanded that the governor give them weapons, he opened fire, killing 98 people, prompting the crowd to take their revenge, by beheading the governor and taking control of the Bastille. Another revolt, this time led by Parisian women, over the increasing price of bread arose. "These political events were varied; they sprang from widely different causes; they expressed widely different purposes and goals." This shows that the causes of the French Revolution varied and did not stem from one uniform problem.
3).Identify and explain ONE assumption that the author of the first passage would make about the causes and importance of the French Revolution that would not be shared by the author of the second passage
The author of the first passage assumes that the causes of the French Revolution were all linked together and mainly unified. While the author of the Second passage clearly states that the causes of the French Revolution were different and were meant to accomplish different goals.
