1. Agenda: The French Revolution, Part Deux
Unit 3 Essential Questions:
How do absolute rulers maintain psychological control over their subjects?
What factors can spark a political revolution?
What makes a political revolution a success or a failure?
LEARNING TARGET: I can authentically play my assigned role in a 3 week long French Revolution simulation, demonstrating my knowledge of the topic.
HW: Practice Quiz on Block Day; Quiz on Friday.

2. Louis XVI summons Estates General (May 1789)
3rd Estate Pushes for a National Assembly
Tennis Court Oath (June 1789)
Road to
Revolution
Storming of the Bastille (July 14th 1789)
The Great Fear (August 1789)
Women March on Versailles (October 1789)

3. Estates General 1788

4. 3rd Estate demanded no more estates + that they all meet in a National Assembly.
Elite Split--Most of the clergy (1st Estate) agreed.
The king closed Versailles for “repairs”.
National Assembly met on a nearby tennis court.
The Tennis Court Oath: 1789

6. Storming the Bastille: The Revolution Begins
Bread prices up.
Rumor--the king’s troops are going to attack Paris.
Angry mob stormed the Bastille to search for gunpowder.
The warden fired on the crowd, killing 98.

7. Storming the Bastille July 1789

8. The Great Fear
Peasants broke into the home of nobles, destroying tax records.
Tax collectors killed.

9. Women March on Versailles
Chaos = even worse economy.
5,000 women marched on Versailles, demanding food.
Killed several guards and cornered the king.
Marched him back to Paris.

10. PARTNER/SHARE
Why do you think was it significant that women, not men, led this protest? It’s OK to guess!

11. A Constitutional Monarchy
The National Assembly was from the top 50% wealthiest French males.
They passed all the laws, but the king could veto.
Anti-Religious: The Assembly seized Church lands to pay off the debt.

12. Declaration of the Rights of Man
Influenced by the Enlightenment & the Bill of Rights
“Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.”
“The aim of Government must be to preserve these “natural rights.”