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French Revolution Timeline
Standard:10.2.4 Explain how the ideology of the
French Revolution lead France to develop from
constitutional monarch to democratic despotism to the
Napoleonic Empire.
SWBAT identify the main events leading up to and
during the French Revolution by describing events
through an 8 tab book.
Urban Vs Rural
Urban= City, many building
Rural vs Urban
Rural= Countryside, farms
The French Urban Poor
80
70
60
50
1787
1788
40
30
20
10
0
% of Income Spent on Bread
Where is the tax money?
Lettres de Cachet
Y The French king could warrant
imprisonment or death in a
signed letter under his seal.
Y A carte-blanche warrant.
Y Cardinal Fleury issued 80,000
during the reign of Louis XV!
Y Eliminated in 1790.
First, Second or Third Estate
First, Second or Third Estate
First, Second or Third Estate
Convening the Estates General
May, 1789
Meeting of All Estates
Think About It
• Why is voting important to people?
The Suggested Voting Pattern:
Voting by Estates
1
Clergy
1st Estate
Aristocracy
1
2nd Estate
1
Commoners
3rd Estate
Louis XIV insisted that the ancient distinction of the
three orders be conserved in its entirety.
The Number of Representatives
in the Estates General: Vote by Head!
Clergy
300
1st Estate
Aristocracy
300
2nd Estate
648
Commoners
3rd Estate
rd
3
Why was the
Estate upset
at the Voting System in the
Estates General?
Europe on the Eve of the
French Revolution
“The Third Estate Awakens”
Y 3rd Estate locked out on Estates General
Y Decide to meet outside
Y They proclaimed themselves the “National
Assembly” of France.
“The Tennis Court Oath”
June 20, 1789
Storming the Bastille, July 14, 1789
Y A rumor that the king was planning a military coup
against the National Assembly.
Y 18 died.
Y 73 wounded.
Y 7 guards
killed.
Y It held 7
prisoners
[5 ordinary
criminals & 2
madmen].
The Great Fear: Peasant Revolt
(July 20, 1789)
Y Rumors that nobles were going to take peasants land
Y Peasants attack nobles houses in country side
The Path
of the
“Great
Fear”
National Assembly
1789 - 1791
Liberté!
Fraternité!
Egalité!
What was the Declaration of
Independence?
France: The Declaration of the Rights of Man
and of the Citizen
August 26,
1789
V Liberty!
V Property!
V Resistance to
oppression!
The Tricolor (1789)
The WHITE of the
Bourbons + the RED &
BLUE of Paris.
Citizen!
March of the Women,
October 5-6, 1789
A spontaneous demonstration of Parisian
women for bread.
We want the baker, the baker’s wife
and the baker’s boy!
Constitution of 1971
• Created limited monarchy
• Legislative assembly to make laws
• The King tried to leave but was caught
War with Europe 1972
• Believe French
nobles trying to
gain power back
• Legislative
Assembly declare
war with Austria
and Prussia
National Convention 1972
• End monarchy
• Created French Republic
• King became common person
Execution of King Louis XVI
1973
Reign of Terror 1973
• Queen killed 9
months after the king
• 30,000 people died
• End with beheading
of Robespierre in
1974
The Directory
1975
• Tired of death
• Created a 5 member government