aim: how did the french revolution begin? l92 do now: how did the political cartoon represent french...
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Aim: How did the French Revolution begin? L92
Do Now: How did the political cartoon
represent French society? ---Discuss with
your group
More vocab fun for your glossary!!
• Coup d’etat-- a takeover of power• Nationalism--Love for ones country• Royalist- a supporter of the King• Jacobin- radical French revolutionary
The Revolution begins
Spring of 1789 The 3rd estate writes the
Tennis Court Oath *Though it was a step in the
right direction not much happens as a result
July 14th 1789-- Storming of the Bastille
A hungry Paris mob storms the Bastille (a prison) b/c it was a symbol of the King’s gov.
The army refuses to stop them
Considered the official beginning of the French Revolution!!
August 4th 1789 - “Declaration of the Rights of Man” is written
King was forced to sign and agree to uphold it
Contains Enlightenment ideas
French Rev. Slogan : “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
New Constitution 1789-1791
Created by the National Assembly (the updated Estates General)
Creates a limited monarchy in France with much more power for the people
Death to the King!
King Louis was put on trial in December 1792
He was charged with being a traitor to the people of France
He was found guilty and sentenced to DEATH!
King Louis’s beheading
Period after Louis execution from 1793-1794
During this time thousands of “anti-revolutionary” people were put to death(40,000!!!)
Controlled by the Jacobins
The Guillotine
Used by the French to execute criminals Was meant to be a more “humane” death but it
may have been painful Audiences to guillotining told numerous stories
of blinking eyelids, speaking, moving eyes, movement of the mouth
Maximilien Robespierre
Leader of the Reign of Terror He led the executions of suspected traitors from
1793-1794 Was eventually put to death as well for his
crimes against humanity
Class work Activity
Read each of the actions taken during the early French Revolution
Determine which group benefited the most from the action and why
Answer the question that follows
Be prepared to share and discuss your answers
France before the revolution France after the revolution
1) Church owns most of the land 2) 3rd estate has no natural rights 3) Most peasants were serfs 4) King Louis XVI has total control
1) Church land given to peasants 2) “Declaration of the Rights of
Men” gives 3rd estate rights 3) Serfs revolted 4) Estates General run by the 3rd
estate