Goals: Liberty, Equality, FraternityOutcomes: Fear, Violence, Dictatorship

We have now studied the majorcauses of the French Revolution. It’s time to lookat the play –by-play. What eventsoccurred and withwhat consequences?

French Revolution Time Line Assignment

Directions: In your assigned groups, create presentation on your assigned event.

STEP 1: Research event in your textbook and the internet (wikipedia OK)

STEP 2: Work with group members to present the following about your event:1)A summary of the event2)Why the event is significant3)What is in the picture on your slide?4)Question for discussion

EVENTS ON TIMELINE1) Meeting of the Estates General

2) National Assembly Created w/ Tennis Court Oath

3) Storming of the Bastille

4) Declaration of Rights of Man Issued

5) Great Fear/Women's March on Versailles

6) King Louis XVI & Family Captured Fleeing France

7) France At War With Austria & Prussia

8) Legislative Assembly Splits into Factions

9) King Louis XVI Guillotined

10) The Terror led by Robespierre and the Committee on Public Safety

11) Reign of Terror Ends – “Thermidorian Reaction” and Directory

12) Napoleon’s Coup d’etat

Meeting of Estates General May, 1789

What your group might say about this:

• SUMMARY: Under the Old Regime, the people of France were divided into three social classes or “Estates”. These were 1st Estate (clergy), the 2nd Estate (nobility) and everyone else (the 3rd Estate) who paid all the taxes but had no influence on the government. By 1789, France faced bankruptcy because of overspending by King Louis XVI and his family. The King was forced to call representatives of the 3 estates to meet fore the first time in 175 years. Each estate got one vote under this system.

• SIGNIFICANCE: The 1st & 2nd Estates together had always outvoted the 3rd Estate and this is what King Louis XVI expected in 1789. However, Enlightenment influenced middle class delegates of the 3rd Estate called Bourgeoisie used the meeting as an opportunity to voice their anger at the absolutist French system, sparking the revolution.

• IMAGE: This cartoon illustrates how the 3rd Estate (common people) felt they were chained and unfairly carrying the burden of the King and other Estates (clergy & nobility) on their back.

National Assembly Created with Tennis Court Oath

Key Terms: Third Estate, National Assembly

Storming of BastilleJULY 1789

Declaration of Rights of Man Issued

What are the Rights outlined in the Rights of Man?

Great Fear/Women’s March on Versailles

These are two different events. What do they have in common? What sectors of society are leading each one?

Louis XVI caught fleeing France

France at War with Austria and Prussia

Legislative Assembly splits into factions

Radicals, Moderates, Conservatives, “The Mountain”

Death of Louis XVIGuillotine

The TerrorMaximilien Robespierre, Committee on Public Safety

Reign of Terror EndsThermidorian Reaction, Directory

Napoleon’s Coup d’etatHero of the Hour, Coup d’etat

History ChannelFrench Revolution

Documentary90 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeQ7ig_SCB8

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