this is the perfect ppt for a class 9th or 10th history project on the french revolution.

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3. • Movement that shook France between
1787 & 1799.
• Climaxed in 1789.
• Marked the end of old/ancient regime.

4. • Broad acceptance of reformists writings of the
‘philosphes’ (eg- John Locke; Rousseau).
• Expanding middle class that was excluded from
political power.
• Fiscal crisis worsened by participation in the
American Revolution.
• Crop failures(1788) which led to subsistence crisis.
• Loss of peasant support for feudal system.
• Taxes increased by government

5. Only the Third Estate paid the taxes.

6. • In order to increase the taxes the
Louis XVI, King of France called a
meeting of the Estates General.
• They created estates according
to the occupation of the people.
• They created a system in which the third estate
had to pay all the taxes and got only 1 vote,
which was less compared to the 2nd & 1st estate
• The third estate did not like this and just moved
out of the hall.

7. • Oath taken by deputies of the Third Estate in the
French Revolution.
• They took the oath believing that their newly
formed National Assembly was to be disbanded.
• The deputies met at a nearby tennis court when
they were locked out of their usual meeting hall
at Versailles.
• They vowed not to
separate till a written
constitution wasn’t
formed in France.

8. • On the morning of 14 July
1789, Paris was in state of
alarm.
• The king ordered troops to
move in the city.
• Rumors spread that the king would open fire on
the people.
• Some 7000 people met in front of town hall and
decided to form a people’s militia.
• They broke into a no. of govt. buildings in search
of arms.

9. • Due to the rumors of ‘The Great
Fear’ the people wanted to find
hoarded ammunition.
• A group of hundreds of people
marched towards the east part of
the city and stormed the fortress
prison, the Bastille, where they
hoped to find hoarded ammo.
• In the fight the commander of the Bastille died and
the prisoners(only 7)were freed.

10. • The fortress was demolished
and it’s fragments were sold
in the market for those who
wished to keep a souvenir
of the destruction.

11. • Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.
• Proclaimed liberty, equality and fraternity.
• Revolutionary wars begin in
1791.
• National Convention abolishes
monarchy and establishes first
republic- 1792
• King Louis XVI executed in
1793.

12. • Montagnards seize power.
• Radical economic and social
policies adopted relentlessly.
• Massacre of Nobles, Clergy &
all those seen as ‘enemies of
republic’ by Maximillian
Robespierre.
• People turn against Robespierre
and was executed in1794.

13. • Directory of 5 executive members chosen by
elected legislative council rules France in
1794.
• Directory clashes with
legislature council leads to
political instability.
• Rise of Napoleon
Bonaparte in 1804.

14. 1774- Louis XVI becomes king of France
1789- Convocation of estate general.
Third estate forms National Assembly.
Storming of Bastille.
1791- Declaration of Rights of Man &Citizen.
1792- France becomes a Republic
1793- LouisXVI executed
1793-94- Reign of Terror
1794- Directory rules France
1804- Napoleon becomes ruler of
France(dictatorship)

15. • Ideas of liberty and democratic
rights.
• Led to an end of Monarchy,
Feudalism & Colonization.
• Society based on privileges
gave way to a new system of
governance.
• Idea that all individuals need rights and could claim
them.
• Equality became a part of the new language of
politics.

16. • These idea spread all over the world and were
rethought and reinterpreted in many ways.
• Leaders from many countries and their struggle
to freedom were influenced by these ideas.
• French philosophers like Rousseau & John Locke
focused on Economic Inequality.
• In Art, post French Revolution more
realistic depiction of lower class life
became acceptable.
• Religion was the main target of
French Revolution. Many groups
sought to make the government
secular.