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?
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 wanted a legislative branch (National Assembly).
Some 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
Most revolutions succeed only once the elite splits (1st Estate in this case).

6. Storming the Bastille: The Revolution Begins
Bread prices up.
Rumor--king’s troops will attack Paris.
Urban workers 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 panicked by rumors broke into the home of nobles.
Destroyed tax records.
Tax collectors killed.

9. Women’s March on Versailles
Chaos = high food prices.
5,000 women marched on Versailles, demanding food.
Killed several guards.
Marched king back to Paris.

10. Constitutional Monarchy
The National Assembly
Elected from the top 50% wealthiest French males.
Passed the laws, but king could veto.
Assembly seized Church lands to pay off the debt + war vs. most of Europe.
Centrists
Moderates, Stability
Constitutional Monarchy
Left Wing
Radical Change
No king, anti-
Church.
Right Wing
Conservatives
Go Back to Past

11. 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.”