1. French and Russian Revolution Compare and Contrast Mrs. Abbott

2. Who was in power before the revolution? What kind of leader was he? France – Louis the 16 Bad leader, unfair, ignored the needs of the 3 rd estate. Spent too much money Allowed the queen (Marie Antoinette) to spend too much money

3. Who was in power before the revolution? What kind of leader was he? Russia – Nicholas II (Romanov) Autocrat (Supreme leader) Censorship, spying, jail, nationalism Ignored the needs of the factory workers

4. Causes of the Revolution France – The 3 rd estate was 98% of the population, but only 33% of the vote (the first and second estates, clergy and nobles had the other 66% of the power). Third estate wanted equality! – High Taxes (especially the 3 rd estate), economy was failing, high cost of food…Louis 16 didn’t care..he denied the 3 rd estate’s request to vote together.

5. Causes of the Revolution Russia – A shortage of military supplies and food during WWI – Incompetent government – Massacre on Bloody Sunday – Nicholas II ignoring the needs of the proletariat (working class)

6. Who gains power/comes to power after the revolution? France – Robespierre and the Reign of Terror (Guillotine, used it to kill his enemies, then they used it on him) – Napoleon (good and bad…) set up banks and fair taxes, got rid of government corruption, set up public school, official hired by merit not family/friends, recognized the church then… declared himself emperor 

7. Who gains power/comes to power after the revolution? Russia – Lenin, who followed Karl Marx, communist ideas – Stalin 

8. Short term effects of the Revolution France – Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was adopted. The first Constitution was written also. A monarchy was established (Louis 16 and his brother both ruled briefly). Revolutionary France fights coalition of European powers. The Reign of Terror takes place.

9. Short term effects of the Revolution Russia – Russia is briefly stabilized – Murder of the Czar and his family – Russia dropping out of WW1

10. Long Term Effects of the Revolution France – The Napoleonic Code is written and French public schools are built. – Nationalism is spread, and there's a democratic republic. They influenced revolutions in other countries. – Political power shifted to the bourgeoisie (middle class).

11. Long Term Effects of the Revolution Russia – Russia becomes the USSR (and eventually a world superpower) – Mass Genocide (the great purge) under Stalin (Police Terror, totalitarian government, propaganda, censorship) – A Bolshevik government in Russia that established the world's first Communist state. This eventually led to the spread of Communism as the form of government in other countries - still with us today in some of them.