The French Revolution

1. The French Revolution Brian M. Anzek Wright State University Ed 639

2. Table of Contents • Who the lesson is for • Objectives • Needed Materials • Student Activities • Material Being Taught • List of Websites

3. Pertains to: • Ninth Grade • World Studies • First Unit-Age of Revolutions

4. Objectives • Understand the Causes • French Social Structure • Mishandling of Domestic Affairs • Explain the Resulting Outcomes • What Type of Government was Established • How was the Rest of the World Affected

5. Materials Needed • Computer w/ Internet Access • Notes from Class • Printer • The List of Websites from the End of the Presentation

6. Student Activities • Students Will Create a Pamphlet • Address French Concerns • Persuasive Paragraph for or against King Louis XVI ’s Execution • An Advertisement for the Guillotine • Must Include Only One Picture

7. Student Activities (cont’d) • Students are to Create a Timeline • Should begin with Louis’ marriage to Marie • Should end with Napoleon’s Death • Must include 15 important events minimum

8. Other Student Activities • In class lecture notes • Printed with Important Words Missing • Forces them to Pay Attention to Lecture • In class worksheets • Should accompany text • Watch Video of Marie Antoinette • Get Idea of how the rich lived • Watch Les Misérables • Get idea of how the poor lived

9. The French Revolution • The Revolution began in 1789 • 13 years after the United States declared independence from Britain • 2 years after the U.S. Constitution • Peasants Upset • Rich had plenty of food while poor starved • Domestic affairs mishandled • France on the Road to Bankruptcy • Supported U.S. Revolution

10. The French Revolution • Economic Troubles • Government In Debt due to Wars • Poor Harvests=Soaring Food Prices • Failure to reform • Louis XVI was Weak and Indecisive • Louis calls for cahiers • List of grievances presented to Estates General

11. King Louis XVI

12. The French Revolution • The Tennis Court Oath • Members of the Third Estate declared themselves to be the National Assembly • Parisians Capture the Bastille • Third Estate-Commoners (Majority) • First Estate-Nobles • Second Estate-Clergy

13. The Bastille

14. The French Revolution • Declaration of the Rights of Man • “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.” • All male citizens equal before the law • Set up an income tax • Women march on Versailles • Demand bread • Marie Antoinette says “Let them eat Cake” • She does not, but it helped stir emotions

15. Marie Antoinette

16. The French Revolution • King Louis XVI Beheaded • Use of the Guillotine • January 21, 1793 • Maximilien Robespierre • Rises to leadership of the Revolution • Chief architect of the Reign of Terror • Claimed an estimated 40,000 lives • Mostly to the Guillotine • His beheading signified the end of the Reign of Terror (July 27, 1794)

17. Robespierre and the Guillotine

18. The French Revolution • Continued until 1799 • Napoleon took power • Made himself Emporer • Took steps to get France on the right path • Implemented Napoleonic code • Attempted to expanded France’s influence • Invaded Russia and lost through retreat • Was sent into exile, but his presence was requested in France

19. Napoleon

20. The French Revolution • Clashed with British at Waterloo • Defeated by the Duke of Wellington • Again, sent into exile • Died in 1821 on St. Helena • Island in South Atlantic • His legacy lives on in the Napoleonic Codes

21. Helpful Websites • Liberty,Equality, Fraternity--http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/ • HistoryWiz--http://www.historywiz.com/frenchrev.htm • The History Guide--http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture12a.html

22. Helpful Websites (cont’d) • The French Revolution--http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/french/french.html • Causes of the French Revolution--http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/2155/revcause.htm