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1. FRENCH REVOLUTION
PART I
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1789-1791

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3. Causes – social, economic, political
events during 1789 to 1815
Consequences
It was a Long process
1789 to 1815 – 1st phase
French Revolution
Things to Study
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4. French Revolution
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3 estate system
King Louis XVI
Growing middle class

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1st Estate
Clergy - Pops, Bishops,
Priests
Privileges by birth
Doctrine of DIVINE
Never give tax
Tethis
Population <1% but hold
resources over 15%
2nd Estate
Nobles
Privileged by birth
Top official in governance
Blue blood
Give no tax
Very close to king
3 Estate System

6. 3 Estate System
Merchants,
Lawyers,
Businessmen
Peasants,
Artisans
Small Peasants
Landless Labors
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No privileges
PayTaxes
Holds all burden of wars, Governance,
luxuries of 1st and 2nd estate
Dissatisfied and angry in 1789
Responsible for the bringing revolution
3rd Estate

7. King Louis XVI
Not as strong as his grandfather Louis XIV
Rely much on nobles
Lacks wisdom
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8. Growing Middle Class
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Expanding overseas trade, industrialization
Merchants, manufactures, lawyers……
JOHN LOCKE- refute doctrine of divine and absolute
rights of monarch
ROUSSEAU – proposed govt. based on social contracts
between people and representative
MONESQUIEU – proposed division of power
Reforms and ideology propagating from America

9. Timeline
1774 – Louis XVI become King of
France
5 may 1789 – meeting of Estates
General for increasing taxes
20 June 1789 – 3rd estate declare
National Assembly
14 July 1789 – Bastille destroyed
4 Aug 1789 – Feudal system
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10. Timeline
1791 - National assembly drafted
constitution
1792 - Louis XVI secret negotiation with
Prussia
1792 – Nat. Ass. Declare war with
Prussia and Austria
1792 jacobians
1792 National Convention
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11. Timeline
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1793-1794 Reign ofTerror – fall
of Jacobian (Robespierre)
1795 directory
1799-1815 Napoleon

12. 3rd state demanded
– 1 member 1
vote
phenomenon –
king refused – 3rd
estate walk out
& protest.
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5 may 1789
meeting of Estates General for increasing
taxes
System ofVoting
1st estate – 300
representative =1 vote
2nd estate – 300
representative = 1 vote
3rd estate – 600
representative (+
40,000 letters)=1vote

13. 20 June 1789
3rd estate declare National Assembly
3rd estate assemble in ground ofVersallies
Declare themselves NATIONALASSEMBLY
Swore to draft constitution – limit power of
monarch
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14. Background 1st half of 1789 in France
Severe winter – Bad harvest – Crowds of angry women
stormed into shops and bakery.
Mounting tax Burdon on 3rd estate – level of dissatisfaction
on rise
Rumors – Lords of manor had hired troops to destroy ripe
crops ->fear in peasants ->peasants looted castles & public
godowns -> Many Nobles fled to neighboring states
Tax reforming meeting & starting of revolt by declaration
of NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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15. 14 July 1789
Bastille destroyed
Bastille – symbol of sovereignty of King
Its destruction -> citizen on revolt ->wants
to remove king’s authority.
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16. 4 Aug 1789
Feudal system abolish
Due to pressure- > Louis XVI accorded recognition to
National Assembly
National Assembly abolish feudal system
No privileges to any estate
Lands of church - > national property
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17. 1791 - National assembly drafted
constitution
NationalAssembly ->indirectly elected by
active citizen
Active citizen – those(only men) who pay
large tax and above 25 yrs age
Passive citizen – all remaining men and
women
Constitution main objective – Limit monarch
and distribute power
Other provision – right to life, freedom of
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To be continued….. FRENCH
REVOLUTION - PART 2
Further events
Consequences
NCERT questions

20. FRENCH REVOLUTION
PART II
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1792-1815

21. RECAP
1774 – Louis XVI become King of
France
5 may 1789 – meeting of Estates
General for increasing taxes
20 June 1789 – 3rd estate declare
National Assembly
14 July 1789 – Bastille destroyed
>> Feudal system destroyed
1791 - National assembly drafted
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22. 1792 - Louis XVI secret negotiation
with Prussia
kings of neighboring states also
worried of revolution in France
1792 - Nat. Ass. Declare war with Prussia and
Austria
Marsellies ->song sung by soldiers - > now
national anthem
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23. 1792 Jacobians
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Background: losses and economic
difficulties due to war
Political rights only to few citizens
Jocobian – not satisfied -> wants to take
forward revolution
Leader – Robespierre
Wear red caps ->symbol of liberty (women
not allowed to wear this cap)

24. 1792 National Convention
Background : short supply and high prices of food
10 Aug- held king as hostage
National assembly voted to imprison royal family
REFORMS: National assembly >>National convention
All men(not women) above 21 get voting right,
regardless of wealth/tax
Abolish monarchy and declare France Republic
21 Jan 1793 – Louis XVI ->treason->publicly hanged
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1793-94 Reign ofTerror
Robespierre – Policy of sever control
Who do not agree with his policy -> arrested-imprisonment-Tried by
Revolutionar board
If court found guilty – GUILLOTINE
Max ceiling of wage and price
Churched shut down – converted – offices/barracks
Robespierre pursued his policies so relentlessly that even his
supporters began to demand moderation. Finally, he was convicted by
a court in July 1794, arrested and guillotined.

26. 1795 directory Rule
fall of Jacobian – wealthier middle class seize power
Appointed a Directory – executive -5 membered
Directory clashed with Legislative council
Totally unstable -> way for rise of Napoleon
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27. Women During French
Revolution
Active form beginning - Participants in all events
Most women of 3rd state works for living(wages lower than men)
Only nobles and wealthier women able to get education
Revolution: started their own newspaper/political club (The Society
of Revolutionary and Republican)
Demanded – equal rights like men in society.
Reign of terror- ban women clubs
Started own schools for girls, marriage/divorce law reform
Got voting rights in 1946
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28. Outcomes: Abolition of
Slavery
1794 – convention -
>abolish slavery
Reintroduced by
Napoleon (economic
interests)
Slavery finally
abolished in French
colonies in 1848.
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In Africa
give - finished
goods
Take – slaves
In America
Give - slaves
take - raw
material
In Europe
Give- raw
material
take - finished
goods
Triangular trade 17th and 18th century

29. Outcomes: Modern Ideas
Freedom of press/abolition of censorship
Ideals of
- Liberty
- Justice
- Equality
- democratic rights
- Abolition of feudal system
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30. KeepWatching
keep Growing
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