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GET IT DONE!

GET IT DONE!. In at least three well organized paragraphs, explain how Enlightenment ideas of Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu may have sparked revolutionary ideas in France. Be sure to explain why these ideas would affect society. French Society.

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GET IT DONE!

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  1. GET IT DONE! • In at least three well organized paragraphs, explain how Enlightenment ideas of Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu may have sparked revolutionary ideas in France. Be sure to explain why these ideas would affect society.

  2. French Society • End of the 18th century, France faced many issues undermining the apparent success of their empire. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52fFZPiUtS8&feature=related • What did you notice from the video? • Specifically the difference between classes.

  3. French Society • Old Regime: • Social and political system dividing the people of France into 3 estates. • What do you notice in the picture?

  4. CLERGY Own 10% of land FIRST ESTATE 2% income to government PRIVILEGED! Nobility SECOND ESTATE 2% of population Own 20% of land Bourgeoisie Urban Workers Professionals, peasants, working people THIRD ESTATE Peasants (80%) NOT PRIVILEGED! 97% of population

  5. WHAT SPARKED CHANGE? • Enlightenment Ideas • Economic Issues • Weak Leadership

  6. Enlightenment Ideas • New views about power & authority • Inspired by American Revolution • Questioning structure of society • EQUALITY, LIBERTY, & DEMOCRACY

  7. Economic Issues • Heavy taxes • Decade of struggling crops • Extravagant spending • American Revolutionary War

  8. Weak Leadership • Louis XVI • Lavish spending • Indecisive • Impatient with policies • Rather hunt • When you don’t have any money, what does Louis XVI do? • Tax! • Now he wants to tax the nobles

  9. Weak Leadership • Queen Marie Antoinette: • Why was she extremely unpopular with the people of France? • Read about “Madame Deficit” & “The affair of the diamond necklace” • Why was she doomed from the start? • Austrian Princess • What other reasons were factors for being widely unpopular? • Lavish lifestyle • Swede on the side • Gambling • Necklace Affair

  10. HW • Read Chapter 7 Section 1 • Write 2 sentences explaining the significance of each term & name. • Paragraph (6 sentences): Which factor played the biggest role in the Revolution against the French government? • Paragraph (6 sentences): Explain the significance of the storming of Bastille.

  11. First Estate votes NO !! Second Estate votes NO !! SHOULD I RAISE TAXES ON THE SECOND ESTATE? Estates General First And Second Estates Always voted Together • May 5, 1789: Second Estate forces a meeting of the Estates General to approve new tax. • According to medieval rules, each estate gets one vote. • How is that fair?

  12. How come we never win? Third Estate- Bulk of the population, and only one vote!

  13. Everything What has it been? NOTHING! What does it want to be? SOMETHING! National Assembly What is the 3rd Estate? • National Assembly: • Abbe Sieyes, a sympathetic clergyman, suggests Third Estate name themselves the National Assembly and pass laws & reforms in name of people. • June 17, 1789 National Assembly is established AbbeSeyes

  14. Tennis Court Oath • Tennis Court Oath: • Louis XVI tries to lock Third Estate out from meeting • Break into an indoor tennis court and pledged to stay until a new constitution was drawn up.

  15. July 14, 1789 To the Castle at Bastille! We have the guns, now we need gun powder! Storming the Bastille

  16. No Sir, it is a revolution Is it a revolt?

  17. Great Fear • Peasant feared the nobles would react by hiring outlaws to terrorize them. • Destroyed legal papers, and in some instances burned down homes • Parisian women rioted over the price of bread. • Stormed into Versailles and for King Louis XVI & Queen Marie Antoinette to Paris. • Why Paris?

  18. Political Cartoon • Create a political cartoon depicting the beginning of the French Revolution. (Ch 7 section 1) • Be creative and make sure it is colored.

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