CH2 sec. 2.3.2 French Revolution part 1

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CH2 The age of wigs and revolutions

The French Revolution

2.3. French Revolution part 1

Learning objectives

Learning objectives 2.3.2

4) I can name three causes of the French Revolution.

5) I can describe how the French Revolution started.

You know the terms and dates of this section.

A mighty ruler

• At the end of the 18th century, Louis XVI was king of France.
  
• He held all power, as it had been in France for centuries: He was an absolute monarch. 
  

A mighty ruler

• Louis XVI ruled from Versailles, his palace just outside of Paris.
• The French queen Marie Antoinette wasn't popular.
• Lived in luxury (expensive clothes and parties)

A mighty ruler

• Louis XVI was advised by clergymen and nobles.

• This type of government was later called the Ancient Régime.  
  

French Revolution

Revolution = an event that causes major changes in government and society in a short timespan.

Three causes of the French Revolution

• Failed harvest caused hunger
  
• High taxes and lack of political
  

influence third estate

• King and queen lived in luxury.

A new house of representatives

Louis XVI wants to change the tax system to solve the financial problems. 

He is an absolute monarch, but because of the unhappy population he calls upon an assembly of the States General.

5 May 1789 meeting of Staten General. Argument about the way of voting (per Estate or per member?).

A new house of representatives

• Meeting fails and the Third Estate  founded their own assembly: National Assembly.
• The National Assembly was a parliament = a group of people elected by citizens who held the right to vote and which runs the country on behalf of the citizens.

A new house of representatives

• Tennis Court Oath. Agreed not to leave until France had had a constitution.
  

• Document stating the citizens' rights and duties, and the government's organisation.

Fall of the Bastille

Start French Revolution

• 14 July 1789 Storming of the Bastille (trigger).
• Revolt spreads to countryside (killings and looting)
• The king acknowledges the National Assembly.

A revolution is an event that causes major changes in government and society over a long period of time.

1. True
2. False

What isn't a cause of the French Revolution?

1. Failed harvest caused hunger
2. High taxes and lack of political influence 1st estate
3. High taxes and lack of political influence 3rd estate
4. King and queen lived in luxury.

How do we call the assembly of the three estates during the Ancien Régime?

1. parliament
2. Provincial States
3. States General

Which event started the French Revolution?

1. Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
2. Founding of the National Assembly
3. Meeting of the States General
4. Storming of the Bastille

Learning objectives

Learning objectives 2.3.2

4) I can name three causes of the French Revolution.

5) I can describe how the French Revolution started.

You know the terms and dates of this section.

Get to work

What? See whiteboard.

How? Alone 

Help? Ask neighbour. Can't figure it out? Ask teacher. 

Time? Until the end of the lesson. 

Done? Learn terms and dates. Ask teacher.