1. Bell Ringer
Using your notes and textbook, list three causes of the French Revolution.
Why were Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette disliked in France?

2. Dawn of the Revolution

3. Meeting of Estates-General
Louis XVI avoided his money problems
Tried to tax nobility
2nd Estate force Louis XVI to call a meeting of Estates-General
First meeting in 175 years
Took place on May 5, 1789 at Versailles

4. From Estate General to National Assembly
Each estate had only 1 vote
First and Second Estates dominate
Third Estate wants each person to have a vote
Third Estate breaks away to form National Assembly
Tennis Court Oath

5. Tennis Court Oath

6. Storming the Bastille Louis stations guards around Versailles
People fear the army will attack National Assembly
Citizens storm the Bastille, an armory and prison, looking for gunpowder
Bastille Day –July 14, 1789

7. A Great Fear Sweeps France
Rumors stir people into a panic
Peasants arm themselves and attack nobles’ manors
Parisian women march on Versailles demanding help with bread crisis
Louis & Marie forced to return to Paris

8. National Assembly Reforms France
Adopt the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen”
–Reflects American Declaration of Independence
–Men are free and equal
–Guarantees:
1.Equal justice
2.Freedom of Speech
3.Freedom of Religion
• Slogan is “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity”
Doesn’t apply to women

9. Government Controls the Church
National Assembly seizes Church lands
Priests will be elected and paid as government officials
- Good Need the Church’s money to pay off debts
- Bad Priests become politicians; National Assembly loses peasant support

10. Finally…A New Constitution
A Limited Monarchy
–In September 1791, Assembly finishes new constitution
–Legislative Assembly: new body created to pass laws
–King still has executive power to enforce laws
October 1791: Louie attempts to flee France

12. War Breaks Out Problems with Other Countries
–Austrians and Prussians want Louis in charge of France; France declares war
France at War
–Parisian mob jails royal family, kills guards
–Mob breaks into prisons, killing over 1,000, including many who support king

13. Divisions Develop • Factions Split France
–Major problems, including debt, food shortages remain
–Assembly split into Radicals, Moderates, Conservatives (Left, Middle, Right)
–Émigrés: nobles who flee country, want Old Regime back in power
–Sans-culottes: lower class who want more change from the Revolution

14. Assignment Complete Tennis Oath Worksheet and Speech
Work on vocabulary!