CHAPTER THREE SECTION ONE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

State Standard 10.2.4 Explain how the ideology of the French Revolution led France to develop from constitutional monarchy to democratic despotism to the Napoleonic empire.

The Rise of the Bourbon Dynasty Henry of Navarre 1590- 1610“Paris is well worth a mass” 1598 Edict of Nantes- religious freedom Unifies France-ends religious conflict Assassinated 1610

The Reign of Louis XIV 1643-1715 A background of fear- Cardinal Mazarin 1648-1653 noble uprisings-due to Mazarin’s policies Violent repression

Louis takes power 1661 The Sun King “L etat, c’est moi” Centralization of government control- increase power of Intendants (governors) at expense of nobility Cancelled Edict of Nantes

The Gilded Prison of Versailles Gathering of the nobility State support of Nobility Maintenance of social status The person of the king Arts and architecture Nobility dependent on King The Cost?

The Peasants could pay no more taxes and the nobility refused to pay The Crisis-By the mid-1780’s, France was on the verge of bankruptcy The Peasants could pay no more taxes and the nobility refused to pay

The Old Regime of France had been in power since the Middle Ages The Three Estates: First=clergy Second= nobility Third=Everybody else

In May 1789, the Estates General was convened in order to change the system of taxation

June 20, 1789-Third Estate locked out

The Third Estate delegates were forced to find a new place where they swore the Tennis Court Oath to draw up a new Constitution

Delegates of the Third Estate declare themselves to be a new government of France called The National Assembly

The Great Fear- Mobs formed all over France. Peasants attack homes of nobility Aristocrats (émigrés) flee country- raise armies. Some aristocrats renounce titles and privileges.

Louis XVI agreed to recognize the National Assembly Troops called to Versailles. Sans-Culottes mob attacks the Bastille on July 14, 1789.