Causes & Events of Blood and Fear The French Revolution Causes & Events of Blood and Fear

The Great fear- rumors of attacks on villages, government seizing territory. Fueled by famine and fear, peasants revenged against the Nobles Paris prepared- Lafayette held the National Guard in Paris to respond to royal troops Tricolor- Red, Blue and White, later to be the national colors Events:

Events: Tennis Court Oath (1789) The top of the Third Estate, (bourgeoisie), makes themselves representatives of the ‘general will’, (peasants), and forms the National Assembly Clergy and Nobles invited to join this Assembly Days after its creation, the Assembly was locked out…on purpose??? The Tennis Court Oath!!! Rumor of the king getting rid of the Assembly Events: Tennis Court Oath

Events: Storming the Bastille Bastille Day! July 14th 1789!!!!! Rumors fly and the peasant REVOLT!!!! Peasants think the king is getting rid of National Assembly, so they attempt to take over the prison, (Bastille) go get weapons No weapons found so they released the prisoners Symbol of the beginning of the French Revolution Events: Storming the Bastille

                                                                                    

Events: Declaration of the Rights of Man To solve the upheaval after the Bastille, the National Assembly answers with the Declaration of the Rights of Man Similar to the Declaration of Independence Nobles gave up their traditional rights, and ended “feudalism” Created equality of all citizens, (men) before the law, all men the right to hold office, freedom of religion, tax based on ability to pay Louis XVI accepted new rights. Events: Declaration of the Rights of Man

“ Let Them Eat Cake ”: Women March to Versailles Angered by hunger, poverty, and inability to provide for their children, the women have their say. Bread riots flare up due to the price of bread (a staple) October 5, 1789- 7,000 woman marched 12 miles to Versailles to bring the King and Queen to Paris to see first hand the suffering The women storm the palace demanding two things: bread & the King, Queen and their son to move back to the capitol They never returned to Versailles Marie Antoinette, most hated woman in France! “ Let Them Eat Cake ”: Women March to Versailles

The women refused to leave Versailles until the Royal Family left. Crowds cheered the King, who wore the new national colors. People were happy to see the King move closer to them. The moved showed Louis XVI’s effort to reform for the people Cheers will soon turn to jeers-people still unhappy with King Travelin Man

Tuileries Prison King and Queen had little control in their new palace National Assembly moved to Paris as well to draft what will be know as the Civil Constitution, 1790 Assembly wants to take and sell lands owned by the church and use the money to pay off Deficit. Bishops and clergy now had to be elected and put on government wages Pope condemned it, even peasants disagreed with it Tuileries Prison

This major disagreement drew the line between conservative peasants and revolutionaries Battle Lines

Constitution 1791 Gives Louis XVI veto power…he vetoed everything!! Limited Monarchy Legislative Assembly- made laws, collect taxes, and decide when to war and when to sign for peace, elected officials Only taxpaying men could run for election Protect private property Support free trade Constitution 1791

1791 King Louis XVI tried to escape Paris with his family and head out of France Caught by a soldier who recognized the family, the Royals were viewed as traitors not supporting the changes for the better of France …the mistakes we knew we were making… King Louis XVI was arrested on August 13, 1792 King Louis convicted of treason by the National Assembly Executed on January 21, 1793! The King Can’t Win

So what now? 1791, Legislative Assembly got to work Not able to handle the turmoil, it’s survival is short. Nations outside France were less then supportive, inside France the people wanted more radical change Sans-culottes- working class Want a republic and a guaranteed wage Enter the Jacobins So what now?

Who’s in Control? France is falling At war with surrounding nations At war with peasants, clergy, royalists At war with themselves, Jacobins v. Girdondins Who’s in Control?

Jacobins Radical thinkers inside the Legislative Assembly Middle-class lawyers/ intellectuals Sat on the “left” Gained power, made changes Declared war on Prussia, Austria, and Britain Fought from 1792-1815 Jacobins

Ordinary citizens, fueled by fear, anger, rumors and fact attacked and killed political prisoners and associates of the old regime The French Republic is born at the National Convention 1792 Suffrage for all men Radical changes, wipe out old ways, says “OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!” Let the Blood Flow

So What does the World Think? French Plague- increased border patrols to prevent more emigres European Rulers did not want these events/ideas to spread and spark in their own nation British elites who supported the Americans did not do the same for the French Declaration of Pilnitz from the Austrian King So What does the World Think?

The Reign of Terror September 5, 1793 to July 27, 1794 Robespierre led the “Committee on Public Safety”—the mew governing body of FRA Had any ‘un-virtuous’ enemy of the republic killed Guillotine 16,000-40,000 killed—no record Coup, botched suicide, guillotine End of the Reign of Terror! The Reign of Terror

Tomorrow We Enter the Reign of Terror Read pg 74-78 Do Questions 1-5 Don’t Forget Your Quiz! Tomorrow