1. American Revolution

2. Causes of the American Revolution
The 13 English Colonies
Growing Discontent
Early Clashes
Part of British global trade
Mercantilist policies
Navigation Acts: regulated colonial trade
Colonists felt entitled to the rights of English citizens

3. Part of British global trade
The 13 English Colonies
Growing Discontent
Early Clashes
Part of British global trade
Mercantilist policies
Navigation Acts: regulated colonial trade
Colonists felt entitled to the rights of English citizens
French and Indian War drained British treasury.
Britain passed and enforced new tax law on the colonists
“No taxation without representation.”

4. Part of British global trade
The 13 English Colonies
Growing Discontent
Early Clashes
Part of British global trade
Mercantilist policies
Navigation Acts: regulated colonial trade
Colonists felt entitled to the rights of English citizens
French and Indian War drained British treasury.
Britain passed and enforced new tax law on the colonists
“No taxation without representation.”
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Punitive laws passed by British to punish colonists
Continental Congress with representatives from all 13 colonies

5. Checks & Balances Enlightenment Ideas
Gov’t’s power
comes
from the people
Separation
Of Powers
People have natural
rights to life,
liberty and property
Checks
& Balances
Enlightenment Ideas
Checks &
Balances
US Constitution
Guaranteed
Individual Rights
Gov’t’s
authority
comes from people
Separation of
three
branches
of gov’t

6. French Revolution

7. Key Terms:
bourgeoisie
– In French society – the middle class
deficit spending
– situation in which a government spends more
money than it takes in

8. Three Estates in Old Regime:
First estate = Catholic Clergy
Second estate = Nobility
Third estate = Diverse group
(bourgeoisie, laborers, peasants)

9. Which estate is represented by the man under the
stone? What is the picture saying about this estate?

10. Louis XIV – The Sun King (1643-1715) Created extensive military
Built Versailles
Left France deeply in debt

11. Louis XV: 1715-1774 Continued deficit spending Taxed the third
Estate unmercifully

12. Louis XVI – The Last King
Inherited a huge
economic crisis
Third Estate objected to
unfair conditions and
demanded reform

13. Versailles

15. The Revolution Begins - 1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen
Modeled after American Declaration
Freedom of religion
Taxed according to ability to pay
A new constitution created.
Royal family attempts to flee to Austria.
Captured and imprisoned in Paris.

16. Marie Antoinette “Madam Deficit” Had little understanding
of the conditions of the lower classes

17. Causes of the French Revolution
Long Term Causes:
Immediate Causes:
•Enlightenment ideas—liberty
and equality
Example furnished by the
American Revolution
Social and economic
injustices of the Old Regime
Economic crisis—famine
and government debt
Weak leadership
Discontent of the Third
Estate
REVOLUTION
Fall of the Bastille
National Assembly
Declaration of the
Rights of Man and a
new constitution