1. The French Revolution: Context and Causes
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2. Events of the French Revolution
Louis XVI, looking for more tax income, attempted to tax the nobility (2nd Estate)
Called a meeting of the Estates-General
1st and 2nd Estates could veto (overrule) the 3rd Estate
3rd Estate insisted each delegate have one vote
Louis XVI sided with nobles
rd Estate becomes the NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

4. Events of the French Revolution
The NATIONAL ASSEMBLY began passing laws and reforms in the name of the French people
Proclaimed the end of the monarchy
The beginning of representative government in France

5. Events of the French Revolution
The National Assembly was locked out of their meeting place; broke into an indoor tennis court
Said they wouldn’t leave until a new constitution was created
This was known as the Tennis Court Oath

7. Events of the French Revolution
Louis brought in Swiss guards to restore order
People prepared to defend the city
Mobs stormed the Bastille, a prison and armory- took control of the building

10. Events of the French Revolution
Rumors circulated- people thought nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize peasants
Mobs of peasants broke into nobles’ homes, destroyed property
Known as the GREAT FEAR

12. Events of the French Revolution
1789- Women’s march- A group of women from the 3rd Estate, upset by the higher price of bread, marched to Versailles, made Louis and Marie Antoinette return to Paris

14. Events of the French Revolution
1789- National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen- cited guaranteed rights (freedom of speech, religion)
Adopted “Liberte, Equalite, Fraternite” as the official phrase of the Revolution

16. Events of the French Revolution
1789- National Assembly took church lands, declared that church officials were to be elected and paid as state officials
Ended the Church’s independence in France
Angered some peasants

17. Events of the French Revolution
1791- National Assembly creates a new constitution with a limited constitutional monarchy

18. Events of the French Revolution
Later in 1791, due to popular pressure, the National Assembly was dissolved, the king was deposed; called for the creation of a new legislature (the NATIONAL CONVENTION)
Abolished the monarchy
Declared France a republic

19. Events of the French Revolution
Most people involved in radical government changes were Jacobins (a political party)
1793- Louis XVI executed
REIGN OF TERROR- Maximillien Robespierre takes control, led the Committee of Public Safety- protected the Revolution from “enemies”
Led to thousands being executed by the guillotine

21. Events of the French Revolution
1794- Some members of the National Convention turned on Robespierre- demanded his arrest
Robespierre was guillotined in 1794

23. Events of the French Revolution
1795- New plan for government- placed power in the hands of the upper middle class
Called for a 2-house legislature and an executive body of 5 men called the Directory
Gave France a period of stability
: Rise of Napoleon in France’s military

25. HW: Wednesday 2/1
Read and take notes over ch. 16 pp