Chapter 19: The French Revolution and Napoleon Section 1: The Eve of the Revolution

APWH Themes: 2 – Development & Interaction of Cultures 3 – State-building, Expansion, and Conflict 5 – Development & Transformation of Social Structures Essential Questions: What was French society like before the Revolution? What problems led to the French Revolution?

A Peasant’s View of the Old Regime

The “Awakening” of the Third Estate

Louis XIV r. 1643-1715

Louis XV r. 1715-1774

Louis XVI r. 1774-1792

The Estates General in 1789

The Tennis Court Oath

Estates General (Breaking of 3rd Estate & Tennis Court Oath) National Assembly

Storming the Bastille July 14, 1789

Section 2: Creating a New France

APWH Themes: 2 – Development & Interaction of Cultures 3 – State-building, Expansion, and Conflict 5 – Development & Transformation of Social Structures Essential Questions: How did the French Revolution differ for the various social classes? What events led to the rise of radicalism?

The Marquis de Lafayette 1757-1834

Washington and Lafayette

US Commemorative Postage Stamp of Lafayette

French Tri-Color National Flag

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

The Women March on Versailles

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette and the Royal Children

The Return of the Royal Family to Paris

The Tuileries

Estates General National Assembly Legislative Assembly (created by Const. of 1791)

French Départements

A Parisian Sans-culottes