THE REVOLUTION BEGINS

THE PEOPLE VS. THE MONARCHY

CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (VIDEO)

  1. The worsening financial condition of the government
  2. France was nearly broke because of the Seven Years’ War. This was also known as ______

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  • In 1778, how did French troops help in North America?______

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  • What were the king and other members of the nobility doing to further the crisis?______

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  • Who made up the 3 estates?
  • 1st estate:______
  • 2nd estate:______
  • 3rd estate:______
  • Which estates paid taxes? ______
  1. Economic Depression
  2. Poor agricultural harvest; income ↓; price of food ↑ because of shortage
  3. New Ideas of the Enlightenment Movement
  4. What idea of the Enlightenment did French people hold onto?______

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THE START OF THE REVOLUTION (VIDEO)

  • Why did the Estates-General meeting happen? ______

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  • When?______Place?______
  • What did the common people bring?______
  • When the King refused to listen, what did the common people do?______
  • Why did a Great Fear sweep over France?______

THE STORMING OF THE BASTILLE:______

Bastille Prison

  • Housed political prisoners
  • Symbol of injustice
  • Angry mob raids the prison
  • Searching for weapons to defend the National Assembly against the King’s troops

Violence erupts

The Aftermath

  • Violence soon spreads to the countryside
  • Peasants fight their feudal lords, destroy homes and documentation of debt

VIDEO

  • Why was the Bastille stormed?______
  • Why was the National Assembly able to continue as the official government of France?______

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DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN OF THE CITIZEN

Written by the National Assembly (1789)

Includes enlightenment ideas

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Resistance to oppression

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THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAKES SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES (VIDEO)

  • Who had the right to vote?______
  • What groups had religious freedoms?______
  • How did they pay off debts of the monarchy?______
  • Did the Catholic Church and the nobility have to pay taxes?______
  • Why did the National Assembly disband? Were they correct?______

THE KING’S FINAL MISTAKE

King Louis fails to accept the reforms

Parisians want him to move to Paris from Versailles

October 17th, 1789

Women march on Versailles demanding bread and creating havoc

Louis decides to go to Paris

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY TAKES CHARGE (VIDEO)

  • When did they take charge? ______
  • 3 serious challenges
  • Severe economic trouble still persisted and inflicted hardships on the French people
  • French Catholics opposed rule of Legislative Assembly
  • The King had been secretly trying to obtain military support from other monarchs to destroy the revolutionary government

THE CONSTITUTION OF 1791

The National Assembly adopts a Constitution

Guarantees

Basic natural rights

Limited monarchy

Not all have equal rights (women especially)

Not all could vote

CONSTRASTING FRANCE AND AMERICA IN 1791 (video)

Directions: Using information learned in the videos, your notes and section 2 of chapter 7 complete the chart.

STAGE / AMERICAN / FRENCH
Writers denounce existing conditions and provide new goals and ideas. / Colonial lawyers protested the Stamp Act, and leaders encouraged conflict with British authorities.
Public discontent results in riots and other acts of violence. / Colonists engaged in protests and boycotts, including the Boston Tea party.
The ruling group is frightened into making repeated concessions until power is transferred. / British Parliament repeal the Stamp Act; Britain fought the colonists and lost.
The reformers carry out their reforms, but if their measures are drastic, the nation splits into rival groups. / The weak national government led to Shay’s Rebellion.
Radicals seize power from moderates and try to impose their views on the nation. / Colonial leaders created a new constitution and a new system of government.
The public tires of the radicals and moderates regain power. / Moderates gained the addition of a Bill of Rights to the Constitution.