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Bellringer. Download today’s notes: Radical Revolution Turn in any late or makeup work (ex. current events) People who were absent Friday should download and read the “Revolutionary Clothing Worksheet” on the website. Answer the following question:

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Bellringer

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  1. Bellringer • Download today’s notes: Radical Revolution • Turn in any late or makeup work (ex. current events) • People who were absent Friday should download and read the “Revolutionary Clothing Worksheet” on the website. • Answer the following question: • How do you think our government (Congress) works to solve problems and pass laws? What do they do when they do not agree?

  2. Big Idea • Radical groups controlled the revolution, which many people in France and abroad opposed. • When new government was faced with internal crises and external threats, it broke into factions. • While the Committee of Public Safety was in power, thousands were executed. • A huge revolutionary army defended France against invasion. • The Constitution of 1795 set up a new government, but it was unable to inspire trust or solve economic problems.

  3. Move to Radicalism Louis XVI was able to hold on as king for another year, but by August 1792, the monarchy came to an end when Georges Danton led members of the Paris Commune to overtake the palace. Rumors began to spread that imprisoned nobles and other traitors were trying to end the revolution. In September, violence erupted in the streets, leaving thousands dead.

  4. The First Republic • In September1792, the newly elected National Convention held a meeting and its first major action was to abolish the monarchy and establish the French Republic. • Different factions (dissenting groups) within France emerged with different ideas of how to continue the revolution. • Many belonged to the Jacobins (Paris radicals) • Some wanted to have the king killed, while other feared radicalism and wanted him alive. • In 1793, the National Convention passed a decree to have the king sentenced to death. • On January 21, 1793, the king was beheaded on the guillotine.

  5. Crises and Responses The different factions within France argued over how radical the revolution should go. Uprisings began against the National Convention because peasants refused to accept its authority. The execution of the king frightened outside nations so a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Britain, and the Dutch Republic were ready to invade France by spring of 1763 National Convention gave up power to the Committee of Public Safety, a group of French leaders who were supposed protect the people from foreign and domestic threats. The committee became extremely radical under Maximilian Robespierre.

  6. Connect! 1. What did Danton and the Paris Commune do in August 1792? 2. What started riots in September1792? 3. What government was appointed in September 1792 to run France? 4. Why did radicals want to execute Louis XVI? 5. How did the other nations of Europe respond to the king’s death? 6. Why was the Committee of Public Safety given power and who was its leader?

  7. Everybody Writes! Picture yourself as either a supporter or an opponent of the king during the French Revolution. You were in the crowd when Louis XVI was executed. Write a journal entry that describes your feelings when he was executed, including your hopes and/or fears for the future. Please complete on a piece of paper to turn in.

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