1. The French Revolution (1789-99)

2. Unit Objectives Understanding the impact of the French Revolution
Assessing the reasons for executing King Louis XVI

3. Impact of the Revolution on the Catholic Church
Church land:
TAKEN OVER BY THE GOVERNMENT AND
SOLD FOR PROFIT
Church officials and priests:
FORCED TO BE ELECTED AND PAID AS STATE
OFFICIALS 

4. Why the Assembly did it:
  TO RAISE MONEY TO PAY DOWN DEBT WITH
How the French people responded:
MANY WERE ANGRY BECAUSE THEY WERE
CATHOLIC AND DIDN’T LIKE CHANGES MADE
TO CHURCH AND OPPOSED LATER REFORMS

5. National Assembly passed several reforms that ended feudalism and Estate privileges and created a limited constitutional monarchy similar to Britain
Several problems (food shortages, debt) caused deep divisions—some supported the constitutional monarchy, some wanted a few changes, and some wanted to get rid of the monarchy completely
Louis XVI began to fear for his life and fled France, but he and his family were captured before reaching the border

6. What did neighboring monarchies think of the Revolution?
What did they try to do about it?
TRIED TO CONVINCE FRENCH TO RESTORE LOUIS TO THE THRONE, SOME CONSPIRED BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
How did France respond?
FRANCE DECLARED WAR ON ANY COUNTRY IT THOUGHT HAD CONSPIRED AGAINST IT

7. Problems in Paris led to chaos
Assembly set aside the Constitution, dissolved Assembly, and called for new elections
National Convention:
  ABOLISHED THE MONARCHY AND ESTABLISHED FRANCE AS A REPUBLIC
Republic:
POWER IS IN THE HANDS OF ELECTED REPS

8. Jacobins
RADICALS WHO WANTED TO TRY AND EXECUTE KING LOUIS

9. Girondins MODERATES WHO THOUGHT THE REVOLUTION HAD GONE FAR ENOUGH
THEY OPPOSED PUTTING LOUIS ON TRIAL
FAVORED EXILE TO EXECUTION

10. UNDECIDED MAJORITY OF FRENCH CITIZENS—EVENTUALLY
The Plain:
UNDECIDED MAJORITY OF FRENCH CITIZENS—EVENTUALLY
MOST JOINED THE JACOBINS AND KING LOUIS WAS PUT ON
TRIAL, CONVICTED OF TREASON, AND EXECUTED

12. The Reign of Terror (1793-94) Led by Robespierre and the Jacobins
THE JACOBINS ELIMINATED ALL CHALLENGERS OFTEN BY BEHEADING THEM WITH THE GUILLOTINE

13. The Reign of Terror
Many of those who were killed were from the Third Estate, the very people the Revolution was supposed to help
The Terror ended when the Jacobins turned on Robespierre and he was executed—the people were tired of the chaos he was leading