The French Revolution

1. Many people in France were critical of the nobility because they had almost complete control over the peasants, did not have to pay taxes, did not have to perform military service, they were the only people that could hold important positions in society, and they lived in luxury in palaces while most people lived in poverty.
B) Many people were critical of the king because he ruled over the people with ABSOLUTE power and the many people didn't have a say in the government.
C) Many people were angry at the clergy because, like the nobles, they didn't have to pay taxes or perform military service, heavily taxed the peasants, and lived in luxury.

2. A peasant would have complained about having to do most of the work while the 1st and 2nd estates just watched them.

3. I think that the cartoonist is trying to show that the upper class needs to start pulling their own weight because they are being lazy and letting the lower class do all the work.

4. He describes the heavy taxes that the couple has to pay despite the fact that they don't have much for themselves.

5. They do expalin why the poor resented the rich because they show what the poor people had to go through to survive, while the rich didn't do much at all. For example, the clergy had made high yearly incomes, but barely had to pay taxes, while the lower classes had to pay taxes to them, and the goernment.

6. The lower class would be most influenced by his writing because they were being completely controlled by the clergy and the king and they didn't have a say in the government.

7. The rulers and the clergy would want it banned out of fear that they would be overthrown by the lower class.