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Agenda 11/16/12

Agenda 11/16/12. Warm-up on American Revolution Review Homework on American Revolution Role Play – Estates General Notes on French Revolution Homework- Reading Guide French Revolution. Age of Revolution. French Revolution. Background/Causes. Economic Problems

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Agenda 11/16/12

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  1. Agenda 11/16/12 • Warm-up on American Revolution • Review Homework on American Revolution • Role Play – Estates General • Notes on French Revolution • Homework- Reading Guide French Revolution

  2. Age of Revolution French Revolution

  3. Background/Causes • Economic Problems 1. Debt – French and Indian War & Assisting the colonists during the American Revolution  huge debt 2. Excesses of the monarchy  Versailles, etc… 3. Bad Harvests  less food and high prices for food- French Report

  4. Background/Causes

  5. Background/Causes • Estates General – each estate had one vote 1st and 2nd Estates always voted together (common interests – like not paying taxes)

  6. Events – Moderate Phase (1789-1791) • Estates General 1. Has not met in 175 years  French kings feared it would take away their power 2. Louis XVI asks Estates General to meet  solve economic problems 3. Problem  1st and 2nd estates always vote against 3rd estate 4. Solution  3rd estate forms National Assembly – it represents the people of France

  7. National Assembly

  8. Liberty, Fraternity, & EqualityFrench Revolution

  9. Events – Moderate Phase (1789-1791) • Tennis Court Oath 1. 3rd Estate is locked out of its normal meeting place – so it meets in a tennis court 2. Oath – vowed not to separate until it wrote a constitution for France

  10. Events – Moderate Phase (1789-1791) • Storming of the Bastille (political prison) 1. Wanted weapons 2. Feared that royal troops might prevent them from writing a constitution • Constitution of 1791 1. Legislative Assembly – make laws and collect taxes 2. Limited Monarchy (king + legislative assembly)

  11. Storming of the Bastille

  12. Events – Moderate Phase (1789-1791) • Constitution of 1791 3. Vote = men who own property and pay taxes • King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette try to leave France – failed!!!

  13. Events –Radical Phase(1792-1795) • Europe Went to War 1. France versus Prussia, Austria, and Great Britain 2. Why  France wanted to spread revolution and prevent other countries from stopping revolution • National Convention 1. Radicals took control of the National Assembly

  14. Events- Radical Phase (1792-1795) • National Convention 2. Abolished the monarchy  France became a republic 3. All men can vote and hold office • Reign of Terror 1. Led by Robespierre 2. Goal  wipe out every trace of France’s past monarchy and nobility + anyone who opposed the revolution

  15. Events- Radical Phase(1792-1795) Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were executed – guillotine

  16. Events-The Directory (1795-1799) • 1795 Constitution 1. 5 man directory (5 men governed France) 2. Vote = men who own property and pay taxes 3. Corrupt and ineffective

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