3.2 French Revolution

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The French Revolution

paragraaf 3.2

The Enlightment stands for

Englightened people are against

Freedom of speech

Equal rights for all estates

Freedom of religion

Inequality

Copy and fill in the blanks:
Enlightment means: using your ____ and using it to make ________ better

France in 1789

• France is bankrupt, because of
    Louis XVI
• Also, a lot of harvests failed so 
   people were hungry

Effect: Louis calls the Estates-General
together 

National Assembly

The people do not feel heard by the Estates General and create their own parliament: the National
Assembly.
They wanted a constitution:

freedom, equality and fraternity 

French Revolution

Louis did not agree to a constitution.

So, the people started to storm a prison: the Bastille.

This is the start of the French Revolution

July 14th 1789

Zet de woorden op de juiste plek

1. In 1789 kwamen de vertegenwoordigers van de drie standen bijeen bij de koning in [..........1..........].

2. Na een ruzie met de [..........2..........] en [..........3..........] stand hielden de burgers van de [..........4..........] stand een aparte vergadering die ze de Nationale Vergadering noemden.

3. De Nationale Vergadering wilde een [..........5..........] en wilde de [..........6..........] van de koning inperken.

4. De Nationale Vergadering schafte de [..........7..........] van de eerste en tweede stand af.

Versailles

eerste

tweede

derde

grondwet

macht

privileges

The French Revolution

paragraaf 3.2

French Revolution: causes

1. France was bankrupt
2. Famines
3. Ideas of the Enlightenment (freedom, equality, fraternity)
4. Some people of the 1st and 2nd estate were also unhappy over the estate society

Louis XVI

Louis flees after the constitution
is written. 

The people are furious and Louis
gets sentenced for treason.

--> France is now a republic.

Robespierre

When the king dies, someone new takes power: Robespierre.

He was a radical. That means he wanted:

• big, quick changes
• more power to the people

Everyone who did not agree was killed by the 

guillotine: the Reign of Terror

Arise, children of the Fatherland,

The day of glory has arrived!

Against us stands tyranny

Her bloody standard has been raised

Do you hear, in the countryside,

The roar of those ferocious soldiers?

They come right into your arms

To tear the throats of your sons, your wives!

To arms, citizens,

Form your battalions,

Let's March, let's march!

So that an impure

blood waters our furrows!

Maxime Robespierre

de Guillotine

De Marseillaise - het officiële volkslied van Frankrijk

Allons enfants de la Patrie,

Le jour de gloire est arrivé!

Contre nous de la tyrannie

L'étendard sanglant est levé, 

Entendez-vous dans les campagnes

Mugir ces féroces soldats ?

Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras

Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes !

 

Aux armes, citoyens,

Formez vos bataillons,

Marchons, marchons !

Qu'un sang impur

Abreuve nos sillons !

Which word does not fit?

1. Absolutism
2. Enlightment
3. Louis XVI

Which word does not fit?

1. National Assembly
2. Third Estate
3. Versailles

Which word does not fit?

1. privileges
2. estate society
3. freedom, equality and fraternity

Which word does not fit?

1. ancien regime
2. freedom of speech
3. constitution

Your own constitution

3.2 The French Revolution

Name at least two causes of the French Revolution

What is the opinion of the creator of these cartoons?

'The Radical's Arm's' (1819) - George Cruikshank.

In de driekleurige lint staat geschreven 'Geen God! Geen Religie! Geen Koning! Geen Consitutie!'

Spotprent in het eind van de 18e eeuw waarop Robespierre, nadat alle Franse zijn geëxecuteerd, de valbijl (guillotine) laat vallen voor de beul.

What is the opinion of the creator of these cartoons?

Zet de gebeurtenissen in de juiste volgorde

The stroming of the Bastille

The Reign of Terror

Napoleon seizes power

The National Assembly

Absolute monarchy

Fill in the right words. 

1. In 1791, the third estate proposed a  [...............1...............]. 

2. France became a  [...............2...............]  monarchy.

3. Het parlement kreeg de  [...............3...............] macht.

4. When people have the power in a country, we call this a [...............4...............] .

constitution

communistisch

constitutionele

parlementaire

wetgevende

democracy

rechterlijke

What's the right order?

The third estate doesn't feel heard by Louis

B- the National Assembly forms and  proposes a constitution 

The National Assembly sentences Louis to death after he flees France 

Louis calls the States-General together to solve the financial problems in France