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For each of the following 4 images write down:
1. What is happening? 2. What is the dominant emotion?
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Sunday, January 22, 1905 Fr Gapon, a priest, led a peaceful march of workers to the tsar’s Winter Palace workers carried religious banners and portraits of the royal family; others prayed Many had heard that the tsar’s regime was to blame for their poor living conditions But they still believed that he would protect them
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The tsar was not at the palace
The marchers encountered the palace guards The guards formed defensive positions in front of the gates They feared that the workers were going to revolt The workers were unarmed; The guards opened fire Several hundred workers were killed or wounded This became known as Bloody Sunday Sunday, bloody Sunday
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News of Bloody Sunday spread quickly across the country
Bloody Sunday sparked a series of revolts throughout Russia that’s collectively known as the 1905 Revolution News of Bloody Sunday spread quickly across the country Workers went on strike Sailors and soldiers mutinied Peasants burned the land and holdings of the nobles Unorganized revolts rose and fell across the country until the fall of 1905 In October, a strike by the typesetters sparked 10 days of strikes and demonstrations that halted all industry and transportation in Russia
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October strikes forced Tsar to bargain with radicals
Intelligentsia, exiled and underground radicals emerged to boldly lead revolts They organized peasants, workers and soldiers into councils called soviets October strikes forced Tsar to bargain with radicals Promised all people freedom of speech, assembly, press and conscience (religion) Established a Duma (congress) All laws would have to be approved by Duma By May 1906, he had reclaimed all his autocratic powers
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Homework Due beginning of the period Friday
Create a Venn Diagram that compares and contrasts the Storming of the Bastille with the events and outcome of Bloody Sunday Must have at least 4 entries per section (total 12)
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On back of Venn Diagram Using your notebook, compare and contrast the actions/effects of King Louis XVI in France and Czar Nicholas II in Russia regarding how they addressed civil unrest and revolt Give specific examples of civil uprising/revolt and specific details of how the monarch dealt with the situation List the outcome of Louis actions and predict what will happen with Nicholas
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