1. Tuesday, September 25th HW: French Revolution Timeline due Friday!
Aim: How did the Third Estate launch a
revolution?
Do Now:
How would you define an unjust government?
What if anything would cause you to take part in a violent revolution?

2. Estates General (meeting) May 1789
Assembly of representatives from all 3 estates.
Called by Louis XVI in order to impose taxes on the nobility.
Each estate had 1 vote.

3. National Assembly June 1789
French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people.
First act of REVOLUTION

4. Tennis Court Oath June 1789
A pledge made by members of the National Assembly vowing to continue meeting until a new constitution was drawn up.

5. July 14, 1789
Storming of the Bastille prison

6. The Great Fear

7. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
August 26, 1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

8. Constitution of 1791 Created a limited constitutional monarchy
Created a legislative body – the Legislative Assembly (make laws & approve/reject war)

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