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Warm Up 10/11/11 1.What French Revolution document was influenced by Thomas Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence” and the ideas of John Locke? 2.How did the constitution of 1791 change the French government?
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Warm Up 10/8/13 1.What was the estates general, why did the third estate feel it was unfair? 2. What was the Tennis court Oath?
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Warm Up 10/10/14 1.List three causes of the French Revolution. 2.What was the significance of the storming of the Bastille?
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Warm Up 10/15/12 1.What French Revolution document was influenced by Thomas Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence” and the ideas of John Locke? 2.List three direct causes of the French Revolution?
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Warm Up 10/14/14 Read the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen” on page 120 and answer both thinking critically questions.
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Warm Up 10/15/14 1.How did the constitution of 1791 change the French government? 2.What new government body was created following the constitution of 1791, what powers did this new body have?
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French Revolution The End of the first Phase
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Standard 10.2.2 List the principles of the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, The American Declaration of Independence, The French Declaration of the Rights of Man, and the U.S. Bill of Rights.
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Standard 10.2.4 Explain how the ideology of the French Revolution led France to develop from constitutional monarchy to democratic despotism to the Napoleonic empire.
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Objective Students note France’s move from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789) First step toward constitution Modeled after the Declaration of Independence All men are “born free and equal in rights” Life, Liberty, and property (Locke)
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Declaration of the Rights of Man “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” All male citizens are equal before the law. Freedom of Religion Taxes to be levied by the ability to pay Women were not satisfied with the Declaration Open to Pg. 120
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National Assembly Following the Declaration the National Assembly sought to -create a constitution -take over church lands Placed the church under state control
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Bread riots People were hungry; the country was broke. Marie Antoinette said, “let them eat cake!” or did she? Women’s March on Versailles October 5, 1789
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Bread was a main part of the French diet!
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Quiz 1.What document from America was the Declaration of the Rights of Man modeled after? 2.What philosophe’s ideas are heavily represented in the Declaration of the Rights of Man? 3.List two main ideas from the document.
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King Attempts Escape Following the women’s march on Versailles the King was held virtual prisoner in his Paris Palace. In June of 1791 the King attempted escape dressed as a peasant. “Traitor to the revolution”
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Declaration of Pillnitz King of Prussia and the emperor of Austria, who was Marie Antoinette’s brother, threatened to intervene to save the French monarchy. This led France to prepare for war.
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Constitution of 1791 Created a limited monarchy in place of the absolute monarchy Created a new Legislative Assembly that made laws, collected taxes, and decided on issues of war Elected positions Sept 1791
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Quiz 4. How did the constitution of 1791 change France’s government? 5. Why were surrounding countries defending France’s monarchy?
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Legislative Assembly Took office in October 1791 Only lasted a year Assignats: New revolution currency dropped in value, causing prices to rise More food shortages
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Radicals Fight for Power Sans-culotte: working class men and women “without breeches” they wore long pants instead of the fancy knee breeches of the upper-class Many sans-culotte demanded a republic instead of the monarchy
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Jacobins Within the legislative assembly two factions competed for power Girondin’s and Jacobin’s The Jacobins were mostly middle class lawyers and intellectuals who sided with the sans-culottes. They wanted to establish France as a republic
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Quiz 6. Describe the sans-culottes. 7.What type of government did the sans- culottes and Jacobins want? 8.Do you think the radicals will take the revolution in a new direction, explain?
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