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The Tricolour Colour of Paris Colour of the Bourbons(royal) Fraternity EqualityLiberty

LIBERTY EQUALITY Born equal The Right to live Free trade Freedom of worship Ideas of Enlightenment 18th Century 18th Century The Right to elect representatives to gov’t bodies Ideas

The Enlightenment Locke Rousseau Montesquieu Voltaire Ideas

Government by consent of people A contract between gov’t & people If gov’t breaks contract The right to rebel Locke Ideas

Separation of Power Legislative Executive Judicial Check Balance Montesquieu Ideas

Influence of the Enlightenment It prepared the ground for change - a revolution in the minds of the people Government by Divine Right Government by consent of the people 17th century 18th century Ideas

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Government Before the Revolution King Louis XVI was an absolute monarch.

Problems- Social, Economic, Political, Natural or Religious Absolute Monarchy - Rule by Divine Right A weak king(Louis XVI) - indecisive, influenced by others(Queen Marie Antoinette) Little understanding of the condition of the people Empty treasury (too much spending, not enough taxing of 1 st and 2 nd Estates) Failure in wars and heavy cost of wars (Am. Rev.) Luxury of the court System of unequal taxation Political Discontents

97% The Third Estate: Common People (the middle class[4%], the workers[8%], the peasants[85%]) Social and Economic Discontents of the French Revolution Social inequality The First Estate: The Clergy The Second Estate: The Nobility : Privileges & Restrictions 3% Class Inequality Social and Economic Discontents

From the diary of the English writer Arthur Young, on his travel through France, July “Walking up a long hill…. I was joined by a poor woman who complained of the times and that it was a sad country;… she said her husband had only a small amount of land, one cow and a poor little horse, yet they had……very heavy tailles, other taxes and dues. She had seven children, and …This woman, at no great distance might have been taken for 60 or 70, her figure was so bent and her face so … hardened by labour - but she said she was only 28.” 1. To which social group did this ‘old’ woman belong? 2. What kind of suffering was she complaining about?

The chained man represents the Third Estate. To which social group of that estate does he belong? What clues does the cartoonist use to make the suggestion? What do the other three people represent? What helps you think so? Do you think that the cartoon has reflected fully the problem of social inequality in France before the French revolution?

What problems are discussed in this clip?

Compare the lives of people portrayed in the slides. How might they have contributed to revolution in France?

Who Might Have Written this Poem? Explain. "Proud Priests and Bishops we'll translate And canonise as Martyrs; The guillotine on Peers shall wait; And Knights shall hang in garters. Those Despots long have trod us down, And judges are their engines; Such wretched minions of a Crown Demand the People's vengeance! Today tis theirs. Tomorrow we Shall don the Cap of Libertie!" Who is the intended audience of this poem? Which words show the emotion of the author?

What do you think is happening in this slide? Who are the participants? What sounds do you think you might hear if you were there?

What is this scene? Describe one character from the scene!

Names and characteristics of the people involved. Louis XVI- Incompetent General Lafayette- Military leader Jaque Necker- Financial Guru Robespierre-Emotional Leader There are video clips Behind Louis and Robe

Dramatic Events- Actions or Violence Tennis Court Oath Assault on the Bastille March on VersaillesEstates General Called

What is the humor in these comics?

New Governments Formed The 3 rd Estate forms a National Assembly and asks the 1 st and 2 nd Estates to help them write a constitution. They form a representative government (but it doesn’t last long). Limited Monarchy- LouisXVI (he doesn’t last long).

Documents and Importance Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (gives French individual rights). Constitution of Forms a limited monarchy, a legislative branch ($, war), and protects property and trade.

Events Influence on Individual Liberty and Self-Government Influences- Men are equal before the law. All men born free have equal rights. Protection of liberty, property and security. Government exists to protect rights. Equal rights to holders of public office- based on talent rather than birth.

Similarities/Differences Watch a brief summary of the revolution. (picture) How is the French Revolution similar and different from the Glorious and American Revolutions?????