Transcript french revolution 2

The French Revolution
By T. Harris
Objectives:
Today, I will examine the
causes of the French
Revolution.
My job is to compare and
contrast the French
Revolution to the
American Revolution.
Thinking Map:
Create a multi-flow map of the French Revolution.
Background
A watershed event in
modern European
history, the French
Revolution began in
1789 and ended in the
late 1790s with the
ascent of Napoleon
Bonaparte.
Enlightenment
Like the American Revolution before it, the
French Revolution was influenced by
Enlightenment ideals, particularly the concepts
of popular sovereignty and inalienable rights.
CAUSES:
The first of the general causes was the social structure of the West.
The increasingly numerous and prosperous elite of wealthy commoners—
merchants, manufacturers, and professionals, often called the bourgeoisie—
aspired to political power in those countries where it did not already possess it.
POPULATION:
From about 1730, higher standards of living had reduced
the mortality rate among adults considerably.
A larger population created a greater demand for food and
consumer goods.
ECONOMY:
The discovery of new
gold mines in Brazil had
led to a general rise in
prices throughout the
West from about 1730,
indicating a prosperous
economic situation.
PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCE:
The philosophes—intellectuals whose writings inspired
these arguments—were certainly influenced by 17thcentury theorists such as Descartes, Spinoza and Locke,
but they came to very different conclusions about political,
social, and economic matters. A revolution seemed
necessary to apply the ideas of Montesquieu, Voltaire, or
Rousseau.
AMERICAN
INFLUENCE:
SINCE FRANCE HAD
PARTICIPATED IN THE
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION, IT WAS
NEARLY DRIVEN TO
BANKRUPTCY.
FRANCE
HAD BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULATED
COUNTRIES IN EUROPE.
CROP FAILURES IN 1788
LASTLY, the French monarchy, no longer seen as divinely
ordained, was unable to adapt to the political and
societal pressures.
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ACTIVITY:
CREATE A MULTI-FLOW MAP FROM YOUR NOTES ON THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION.
STUDY VOCABULARY!!
WORK ON BLACK HISTORY PROJECT!
EARLY TURN IN DATE IS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH
References:
http://www.history.com/topics/french-revolution
http://www.biography.com/people/napoleon-9420291
http://www.britannica.com/event/French-Revolution