1. Bellringer
Factions
Electors
Coup d'etat
I Can…

2. Background to the Revolution
Three Status groups in France:
First Estate- Clergy
Second Estate- Nobles
Third Estate- Everyone Else
The First and Second Estates controlled all the wealth but did not pay any taxes (taille)

3. Louis the XIV: A Weak Leader
Forced to call a meeting of the Estates-Generals (representatives from all 3 classes), to raise taxes.
Third Estate wanted a Constitutional Government that required the First and Second Estates to pay taxes
Outvoted by the other two estates
Third Estate declared itself the National Assembly, held a meeting on a local tennis court…

6. The Great Fear
Rumors and panic spread throughout France, peasants began to revolt
August 26, 1789, The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
All men were free and equal before the law, appointment to public office based on talent, no group is exempt from taxation

8. Louis XIV attempts to escape
Concerned for his future, Louis flees Paris disguised as a servant.
His is recognized from his picture on a coin and taken back to Paris
Tried as a traitor, found guilty of treason, and beheaded

9. Numbered Heads #1
What inequalities in France led to the French Revolution and how were these addressed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?

10. Workbook- Green to Gold Partners
You have 15 minutes to complete the following:
Ch. 18 Sec. 2 pgs

11. Robespierre = Dictator

12. The Reign of Terror
Ordinary people are fearful because anyone and everyone can be denounced as a traitor to the Revolution and be beheaded
People begin to denounce neighbors or anyone that they hold a grudge against

14. Napoleon toppled the directory in a coup d’etat

15. Numbered Heads #2
What was the Reign of Terror and how did it create conditions for Napoleon Bonaparte’s coup d’etat?

16. Written Summarization (Closure)
What were the major causes and events of the French Revolution?

17. The French Revolution