THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: Revolution Begins!!

Spark: Meeting of Estates-General Called by Louis XVI to resolve the financial crisis Meets May-June 1789 First Estates-General since 1614! (175 years) Voting system Each estate still only gets ONE VOTE

THE SECOND ESTATE = 1 Vote THE VOTE THE FIRST ESTATE = 1 Vote 300 reps THE SECOND ESTATE = 1 Vote 300 reps THE THIRD ESTATE = 1 Vote 648 reps Impact: 3rd Estate MAD and willing to defy King’s authority

Revolution: THE TENNIS COURT OATH!! June 20, 1789 3rd Estate declares itself REAL gov’t of France Calls itself National Assembly King Louis XVI orders National Assembly to disband Vows not to disband until a constitution is formed!!! Impact: 3rd estate has defied King’s authority and created an alternative gov’t!

Revolution: Storming Of The Bastille July 14, 1789 Rumor = King was planning a military coup against the National Assembly Parisians storm Bastille People want … GUNPOWDER Is looted and destroyed by French people 18 died, 73 wounded, 7 guards killed Impact: Paris in hands of revolutionaries King’s power further weakened

Revolution: The Great Fear Summer 1789: revolution spreads to countryside Why? Rumors spread that… King mounting a counterattack Nobles attempting to put down revolution Rich hording food So: Peasants revolt!!! Impact: by end of summer 1789 France is under rebel domination!!

Moderate Revolution! (1789 – 1792) National Assembly begins reforming French society Will change absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy Revolutionary change supposedly be guided by :