Agenda: The French Revolution, Part Deux Unit 3 Essential Questions: How do absolute rulers maintain psychological control over their subjects? What factors can spark a political revolution? What makes a political revolution a success or a failure? HW: Practice Quiz on Block Day; Quiz on Friday.

Louis XVI summons Estates General (May 1789) 3rd Estate Pushes for a National Assembly Tennis Court Oath (June 1789) Road to Revolution Storming of the Bastille (July 14th 1789) The Great Fear (August 1789) Women March on Versailles (October 1789)

Estates General 1788

3rd Estate wanted a legislative branch (National Assembly). Some of the clergy (1st Estate) agreed. The king closed Versailles for “repairs”. National Assembly met on a nearby tennis court. The Tennis Court Oath: 1789 Most revolutions succeed only once the elite splits (1st Estate in this case).

Storming the Bastille: The Revolution Begins Bread prices up. Rumor--king’s troops will attack Paris. Urban workers stormed the Bastille to search for gunpowder. The warden fired on the crowd, killing 98.

Storming the Bastille July 1789

The Great Fear Peasants panicked by rumors broke into the home of nobles. Destroyed tax records. Tax collectors killed.

Women’s March on Versailles Chaos = high food prices. 5,000 women marched on Versailles, demanding food. Killed several guards. Marched king back to Paris.

Constitutional Monarchy The National Assembly Elected from the top 50% wealthiest French males. Passed the laws, but king could veto. Assembly seized Church lands to pay off the debt + war vs. most of Europe. Centrists Moderates, Stability Constitutional Monarchy Left Wing Radical Change No king, anti- Church. Right Wing Conservatives Go Back to Past

Declaration of the Rights of Man Influenced by the Enlightenment & the Bill of Rights “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” “The aim of Government must be to preserve these “natural rights.”