1. Bellringer
Take out a piece of paper and write on the top: “Bellringer, 12/10/10”
Answer the following question:
For each of the following events, give a one-two sentence description of what it was.
Estates-General
Tennis Court Oath
Storming of the Bastille
Great Fear
March on Versailles/ Bread Riots
BJOTD: Why was the belt arrested?
Bellringer
Notes
FR Book

2. French Revolution, Part II

3. Where did we leave off? Old Regime Estates General National Assembly
Tennis Court Oath
Storming the Bastille
Great Fear
March on Versailles

4. The Rule of the National Assembly
August
All three Estates participated in the National Assembly
August 1789: Declaration of the Rights of Man passed
Included many Enlightenment ideas and ideas from the Declaration of Independence like Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion
DID NOT apply to women
In June 1791, Louis XVI and his family tried to escape but were recaptured and brought back to Paris to be put in jail

5. The National Assembly continued to pass reforms:
Made France a limited monarchy:
The National Assembly was now the Legislative Assembly in France.
3 factions, or groups, developed in the National Assembly

6. Factions in the National Assembly
Radicals
Moderates
Conservatives
Sat on the left side of the hall and were called left-wing
Hated the idea of a king and a monarchy
Wanted to make extreme changes to the government
Believed that the people should have all the power
Sat in the center of the hall and were called centrists
Wanted some changes in government, but not as many as the radicals
Sat on the right side of the hall and were called right-wing
Liked the idea of a limited monarchy
Wanted to make very few changes to the government
Other groups on left: Emigres
Other groups on right: sans-culottes

7. Radicals in France tried to spread their revolutionary ideas to other countries and got France into wars with Austria and Prussia
Austria and Prussia wanted Louis back in power, but the Legislative Assembly said no, and declared war on them.
France was in chaos. People in Paris rioted. Thousands of people were killed, and others worried about the state of France.

8. January 21, 1793: Louis was killed by the guillotine
September 21, 1792: The Legislative Assembly is changed to the National Convention which met, abolished (got rid of) the monarchy, and declared France a republic
Adult males could now vote
Louis XVI was tried and found guilty of treason
January 21, 1793: Louis was killed by the guillotine
Marie was killed in October 1793

10. Terror Grips France
The new republic had two MAJOR problems: the ongoing war with Prussia and Austria, and the fact that common people in France were rebelling over the killing of the King.
In the middle of the chaos, Maximilien Robespierre assumed power. He killed anyone who threatened his power. (Over 40,000 people)
85% of the people killed were poor (supposedly those for whom the Revolution was carried out). This was called the Reign of Terror

11. The End of the Terror
July 1794: the National Convention met and knew they had to get rid of Robespierre
July 28, 1794: Robespierre lost his head.
National Convention met and created another new government (the third since 1789).
New plan gave power to the middle class, created a two branch legislature, and an executive branch known as the Directory
The Directory picked a guy named Napoleon to be their new commander of the French armies

12. Processing
Who was the leader in charge of France during the Reign of Terror, and why was this period called the Reign of Terror?
Did the Reign of Terror help lead the French people towards democracy? Why or why not?