Hello
everybody!
Today it’s my turn of doing the
journal.At the beginning of the lesson the headmaster and the head of studies
have come to the class. They have delivered a paper with the names of the candidates who run for the elections to the School Council.
We have
voted.
We have
started the lesson with the correction of exercise 1. It was about the causes
of the French Revolution. They were:
-
Economic
crisis.
-
Financial
crisis (there wasn’t money to pay expenses).
-
Discontent
of the bourgeois because they wanted to have more political power.
-
Ideas
of Enlightenment (people met and discussed about political ideas.).
Paqui has
explained that a lot of people of the Third Estate didn’t have money to buy
basic things. In France
there was a favorable atmosphere for changes.
She has
said that some ministers advised the king to change the tax system. They advised the king that the privileged must pay taxes but the
king didn’t accept this. The king finally listened to Necker . The king had to call the
Estates General.
NECKER:
Paqui has
explained the use of such a...
Then we
have started the point “B” of the point “1”: THE BEGINNING OF THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION.
It started
when Louis XVI had to call the estates to discuss how to reduce deficit and a
reform of the tax system. In France
the representation of the estates was the same and I think that this was unfair
because the Third Estate was more than the 90% of the population. The estates
met separately and every estate had one vote. This was also unfair.
The Third
Estate asked for a reform. They wanted to vote per person and the also wanted to increase the number of components. The king didn’t accept
this but he gave the double of representatives to the Third Estate and he ordered that every estate wrote books of grievances.
The underprivileged
were angry and try to convince some members of the clergy and the nobles. Some
of these members joined the Third Estate and this changed all. The king closed
the Estates General.
At the end
of the class Paqui has said that we have to do exercises 2 and 3 for Friday.
This is the
glossary of today:
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Harvest:
cosecha
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Staples’ prices: precios de los productos básicos
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Trouble: problema
-
State
deficit: deficit del
estado
-
Expenses:
gastos
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Favorable
atmosphere: ambiente favorable
-
Serious:
grave
-
To
delay: retrasar
-
Such a
big reform: una reforma tan grande
-
To
call/ to summon: convocar
-
Estates
General: Estados General ( name of Parliament in France )
-
Books
of grievances: cuaderno de quejas
Bye, bye and see you on Friday!
Hi Carmen,
ReplyDeleteI think you must write "they have delivered a paper with the names of the candidates who run for the elections to the School Council". I also think that Paqui has said that some ministers said to the king that the privileged must paid taxes, including Necker; so the king decided to call the Estates General to discuss about financial politics.
Bye bye!
Hi Carmen !
ReplyDeleteYour journal is very good, and I also think that is very completely. But you can add that the king Louis XVI gave the double of representatives to the peasants, but this continued to be unfair.
I don't found any mistakes.
Bye bye:)
Hello Carmen!
ReplyDeleteI think your journal is very good and complety. I'm agree with my classmates and i didn't foud anything more to add or any mistake.
Bye, bye!
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThese are my corrections:
- headmaster written altogether and the secretary. José Ángel is the head of studies and the one who came with Damián was Víctor.
- instead of writing "people did meetings... you should write "People met and discussed about political ideas"
- tax system in singular. The privileged should pay. The king finally listened to Necker and decided to call the Estates
- such a
- ... they wanted to vote per person...
- The underprivileged...
- Some of these members joined
- "Estado" in capital letters
Good work. Your mistakes are small. You´ve forgotten to say that during the opening session of the Estates General Loius XVI fell asleep ;)
See you tomorrow!