1. How would you change an unjust government?
The French Revolution
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How would you change an unjust government?

2. Governments of the French Revolution
Time
1774 – 1794
1789 – 1791
1791
1792 – 1795
1795 – 1799
Government
Monarchy
-King Louis XVI
Estates General
National Assembly
-1st, 2nd, mostly 3rd
Estate members
Legislative Assembly
-Constitutional
National Convention
-First Republic
-Constitution 1793
Directory
-5 person leadership
Napoleon
-First Consul
-Dictator (coup d’etat)
-Emperor (1804)
Actions
*Problems…Hunger and Taxation
*Declaration of Rights of Man
*Tennis Court Oath
*Constitution of 1791
*Granted Bourgeoisie more Power
*Executed King Louis XVI
*Committee of Public Safety
*Reign of Terror… Robespierre
*Abolished slavery in Colonies
*Became corrupt
*Did not work
*Napoleonic Code
*Napoleonic Warfare
*Nationalism
*Concordat

3. French Revolution Learning Targets
Directions: write a number from 1-10 in the box that indicates how comfortable you feel with the learning target. A 1 means that you don’t know it at all, while a 10 means that you will feel comfortable teaching this to a class. In addition, use the space to write any notes and/or answer each question.
I can describe the long-term causes of the French Revolution:
Social and Economic injustices of the Old Regime
Enlightenment ideas of liberty and equality
Example of the American Revolution
I can describe the immediate causes of the French Revolution:
Economic crisis- famine and government debt
Discontent of the 3rd Estate
I can explain how the French Revolution transformed Frances’ government from a constitutional monarchy to a despotism:
Fall of the Bastille
The meeting of the Estates General
The National Assembly and the Tennis Court Oath
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Formation of the Legislative Assembly and the Constitution of 1791
Rise of the Jacobins
I can describe the immediate effects of the French Revolution
Execution of Louis XVI
France goes to war
The Committee of Public Safety and the Reign of Terror
The rise of Napoleon
Napoleonic Wars
I can describe the long-term effects of the French Revolution:
Congress of Vienna
Spread of Enlightenment ideas
Growth of nationalism
Revolutions in Latin America

4. Pages

5. Economic troubles p. 218, 219
The Forces of Change
Describe the factors that were moving the French people closer to revolution prior to 1789
Enlightenment Ideas p. 218
A Weak Leader, p. 219

6. The Revolution Begins The Tennis Court Oath- p. 220 Who did it?
What was it?
Why was it important?
Storming the Bastille- pages
Who did it?
What was it?
Why was it important?
The Revolution Begins
The Great Fear- p. 221
Who did it?
What was it?
Why was it important?

7. Complete the mind map using information on pages 222-224 in your text.

8. The Radical Revolution
The Girondists 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
The Jacobins 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
The Radical Revolution
Using the Radical Revolution handout, for each group explain the following:
Who were they?
How did they come into power?
What did they want?
How did they go about getting what they wanted?
Who replaced them and how?
Committee of Public Safety 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
The Sans-culottes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

9. Complete the chart using the information in the Napoleon handout and you book on pp. 229-237.

10. The Congress of Vienna
What countries and leaders were represented at the Congress?
How did the European powers plan to encircle France? Pp -
How did the European powers plan to balance the power? p. 239
How did the European powers plan to restore “legitimate monarchs to power? p. 239