The storming of the Bastille. p. 574

Problems Facing the French Monarchy Bad harvests in 1787 and 1788 One-third of the population is poor Financial crisis Summoning the Estates General

300 delegates each to the First and Second Estate The French Revolution 300 delegates each to the First and Second Estate 600 delegates to the Third Estate Strong legal and urban presence Cahiers de doléances Estates General meets May 5, 1789 Question of voting by order or head Abbé Sieyès “What is the Third Estate?”

National Assembly (1789) Constituted, June 17 The French Revolution National Assembly (1789) Constituted, June 17 Tennis Court Oath, June 20  "never to separate, and to meet wherever circumstances demand, until the constitution of the kingdom is established and affirmed on solid foundations".

The Tennis Court Oath. Finding themselves locked out of their regular meeting place on June 20, 1789, the deputies of the Third Estate met instead in the nearby tennis courts of the Jeu de Paume and committed themselves to continue to meet until they established a new constitution for France. In this painting, the Neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David presents a dramatic rendering of the Tennis Court Oath. p. 582

Intervention of the Common People The French Revolution Intervention of the Common People Attack on the Bastille, July 14 Peasant rebellions, July 19-August 3 Great Fear

Destruction of the Old Regime Seigneurial rights abolished, August 4, 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen - August 26 1789 The Women’s March to Versailles October 5, 1789 Return the king to Paris

Destruction of the Old Regime Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen August 26 Does this include women? Olympe de Gouges, Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, 1791

The American Revolution Treaty of Paris - 1783 Forming a New Nation Articles of Confederation, 1781-1789 Constitution, 1789 Bill of Rights, 1791 Impact of the American Revolution on Europe Proof of Concept Concept of freedom Concept of rights

Common Elements of revolution 1. People from all social classes are discontented. 2. People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society, religion, the economy or the govt. 3. People are hopeful about the future, but they are being forced to accept less than they had hoped for. 4. People are beginning to think of themselves as belonging to a social class, and there is a growing bitterness between social classes. 5. The social classes closest to one another are the most hostile.

Common Elements of revolution 6. The scholars and thinkers give up on the way their society operates. 7. The government does not respond to the needs of its society. 8. The leaders of the government and the ruling class begin to doubt themselves. Some join with the opposition groups. 9. The government is unable to get enough support from any group to save itself. 10. The government cannot organize its finances correctly and is either going bankrupt or trying to tax heavily and unjustly.