1. Bell Ringer

2. Bell Ringer How do you feel about the wealth of the royal family?
Should royalty have lots of money when their people have none?
Look at the pictures above. How would you feel if your leader was living in that palace but you didn’t have enough money to buy food or stay warm in the winter?

3. Based on the “Main Idea” what led to the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon?
Economic and political unrest

4. By the summer of 1789, the French people had not benefited from the Industrial Revolution
Harvests were poor and prices were high
On July , the mobs attacked the Bastille
This action started the French Revolution

5. Roots of the Revolution
France was made of three classes
The First Estate-made up of clergy
The Second Estate-nobility or aristocrats
The Third Estate-everyone from merchants to peasants
Unrest in the Third Estate
They paid most of the taxes
Had no voice in government
Called for change
Were influenced by the enlightenment
Enlightenment was the movement that stressed the rights of individuals

6. What did the document guarantee?
In May 1789, the Third Estate demanded reforms-the king of France King Louis XVI refused
The Third Estate formed the National Assembly-this assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
What did the document guarantee?
Liberty, equality, and property of citizens

7. The assembly tried to form a new government where Louis would share power with an elected legislature-he refused

8. The Radicals Take Over

9. The Jacobins A group of radicals who took power
Formed the National Convention
Executed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

10. The violence got worse
Jacobin leader Maximilien Robespierre led the Reign of Terror
The Jacobins used a machine called the guillotine to cut off the heads of an estimated 40,000 people
In July 1794, the French finally turned on Robespierre and executed him

11. Napoleon’s Rise Why was France Exhausted? Who was Napoleon?
France was at war with Prussia, Austria, and Britain
The government was not ruling successfully
Who was Napoleon?
A young general who overthrew the French government
What did Emperor Napoleon I do?
Declared himself Emperor Napoleon I and conquered other European powers
Britain and Prussia defeated him in 1815

12. As you watch the following videos you will answer the questions on your paper

13. Something old I knew about is….
Something new I learned is….