Review  What are the three estates?  What words could be used to describe French society at that time?  Why does King Louis call the Estates General?  What happens during and after the meeting of the Estates General?  What does the 3 rd Estate want?

Essential Question  How did the Revolution become more radical and what were the effects?

Fear and Paranoia Spread  June Louis calls troops to Paris in case he needs to maintain order if he moves against the National Assembly  People become paranoid/nervous

Storming of the Bastille  Fearful citizens in Paris attack the Bastille in response  Old prison. Stored gunpowder, weapons

Rise of the Jacobins  Radicals – very extreme  Want a Republic, total equality, control of economics (ex. Bread prices)  No king

Execution of the King  Louis tries to escape to Austria but is caught  Louis is put to trial and convicted of treason against France  Executed in January atch?v=XB5fyimVXUo

Reign of Terror Begins (July July 1794)  Formation of the Committee of Public Safety  CPS controls the government  CPS is in charge of protecting the republic from “enemies”  Enemy = anyone who disagrees with the CPS

Robespierre and the Reign of Terror  Maximilien Robespierre is the leader of CPS  Governs France through fear  Guillotine – capital punishment device   Goes after nobles and fellow revolutionaries who could challenge his power  Deports priests  No more Catholicism, wants Atheism  Approx. 40,000 people were executed

Directions  Work silently on the “Radicalism of the Revolution” sheet  Turn in when finished

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