Check In Question What would cause YOU to bring about a
Revolution? (What would upset you enough to cause you to
revolt?)
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1. Understand and discuss the various
reasons that revolution may be justified and apply that to the
class discussion about the causes of the French Revolution 2.
Recall the makeup of the Three Estates in French society and why
they created conflict 3. Analyze the specific reasons and events
that lead to the French Revolution
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TAKE A STAND
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Old Regime Estates: Privileged Estates 1 st =clergy 2 nd
=nobility Third Estate 3 rd =the other 97% Bourgeoisie (middle
class) Urban workers Peasants Little to no taxes NO Enlightenment
ideas TAXES!!! ENLIGHTENMENT
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WEAK LEADERSHIP Louis XVI in SERIOUS debt because Handed down
American Revolution His wife Marie Antoinette (Madame Deficit) NOT
liked by the people AT ALL Louis XVI was indecisive Estates
General
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CAHIER OF THE THIRD ESTATE OF PARIS Electoral meetings (village
& neighborhood) to determine representatives Cahier=report (of
grievances & expectations) Created largely by lawyers and
businessmen
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QUESTIONS WHILE READING 1.What view of the Monarchy is
expressed in the Cahier? What kind of government does the Cahier
envision for France? 2.What views are expressed in the Cahier about
the position of the nobility and clergy in the French society?
3.What solutions does the cahier offer for the government's fiscal
crisis? 4.What should be the primary purpose of legislation (law)?
5.What changes did they wish to accomplish with the criminal
justice system?
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Causes of the French Revolution 1.The American Revolution
2.Enlightenment Ideas (progress, liberty, freedom of the
individual) 3.Social Inequality (plus wanting equal say in
government) 4.Poor Leadership 5.Economics and Finances (debt &
taxation)
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What do you think is happening in this picture? How does it
relate to what we learned about last class? Check In Question
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HOMEWORK Read pgs. 649-653
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1. Understand the unfair treatment of the
Third Estate during the Estates General meeting 2. Analyze the
reasons behind the members of the Third Estate breaking away from
the Estates General 3. Understand and recall the importance of the
Tennis Court Oath
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REVIEW Take A Stand Three Estates Examples? Louis XVI &
Marie Antoinette Debt Estates General Five Main Causes
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Estate Meeting Proposals for the King: Voting by head or by
estate? Higher taxes on WHAT and/or WHO? Where to reduce
expenses?
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I swear an oath to God and nation never to be separated until
we have formed a solid and equitable Constitution as our
constituents have asked us to.
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Estates General Louis XVI and Necker (financial advisor)
originally wanted an overhaul of the tax system First Estate
responsible for education Second Estate responsible for land AKA:
they thought they should be exempt because they didnt want to lose
their power & wealth Pressured to side with them (didnt want to
lose his power), which leads to
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Estates General First meeting in 175 years Agreed to let Third
Estate have double representatives Medieval rules: 1 vote per
estate Estates must meet in separate hall to vote First &
Second Estates always worked together to outvote the Third!!! King
Louis XVI decides to keep it this way
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National Assembly Emmanuel-Joseph Sieys Clergyman sympathetic
to Third Estate cause What Is The Third Estate? National Assembly
Pass laws and reforms in the name of all French people Majority
vote to establish National Assembly AKA: goodbye absolute monarchy,
HELLO representative government!
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Tennis Court Oath 3 days later Louis XVI locks their meeting
hall Broke down the door to an indoor tennis court Resolved to
continue meeting until a Constitution was written Members of other
Estates began to join them
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A revolution has begun, but you have nothing but shovels to arm
yourselves. Where would you go to find weapons and supplies? Check
In Question
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REVIEW Estates Meeting Simulation Louis XVIs original plan
Refuted because? Medieval rules How did Louis trick them??? Sieys
National Assembly Tennis Court Oath
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A revolution has begun, but you have nothing but shovels to arm
yourselves. Where would you go to find weapons and supplies? Check
In Question
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Storming the Bastille Louis XVI stations Swiss guards around
Versailles People of Paris flip outthink they need to defend the
city against attack July 14, 1789 Storming of the Bastille Attack
Paris prison Searching for gunpowder and arms Similar to what in
U.S.???
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Great Fear Rumors nobles are hiring outlaws to terrorize
peasants Peasants attack nobles manor houses Destroy legal feudal
dues papers Burned them down Women riot at Versailles in October
1789 over rising bread prices
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Reforms Night of August 4 th, 1789 Noblemen made grand
speechesliberty and equality! Old Regime dead National Assembly
adopts Declaration on the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Influenced by Declaration of Independence
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Rights of Man vs. Rights of Woman Similarities: Rights of
people (liberty, security, property, resist oppression) Criminal
justice Freedom of speech Differences: Women should have the right
to speak up about issues Women deserve equality in employment,
offices, honors Property belongs to both women AND men Olympe
(Rights of Woman)enemy of the revolution and executed!!!
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State-Controlled Church Took over Church lands and sold them to
pay off national debt Church officials and priests should be
elected and paid as sate officials This upsets the peasants Start
opposing Assemblys reforms Louis XVI (and family) tries to flee and
is caught
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New Constitution September 1791, Louis XVI forced to accept
Limited constitutional monarchy Legislative Assembly Create laws
& approve/reject declarations of war King still enforces laws
Factions migrs Sans-culottes
