France in the late 18th century was divided into an unequal social hierarchy consisting of the First Estate (clergy), Second Estate (nobility), and Third Estate (everyone else). King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were disliked due to lavish spending while the Third Estate faced heavy taxes. Growing social tensions erupted in the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789 and the transfer of the royal family to Paris, marking the beginning of the French Revolution. The National Assembly established a new constitution and declared rights of citizens, but internal conflicts and threats from other European nations led to a period of turmoil known as the Reign of Terror.

1. The French Revolution

2. He was the last king of
France and he wanted to
be like his grandfather, but
he couldn´t because he
was not a good and loved
king.
King Louis XIV
King Louis XVI

3. Marie Antoinette
She was from another
country and became
Queen of France when she
married Louis XVI and they
always had big events.
People disliked this and
also that she was from
another country.
Once she was obliged to
leave France and all her
possessions walking naked
along a tunnel and then
put on other clothes as if
she was a new person.

4. One problem was France’s unequal social
hierarchy that was made up of three classes -
The First Estate was made up of religious people,
they were less than 1%. They paid 2% of the taxes.
They didn´t want the middle class to have more
money because that would mean sharing the their
economic and political power.

5. France’s unequal social hierarchy was made up of
three classes were called estates-
The Second Estate was made up of Nobles they
were the 2% of the population. They didn´t pay
taxes. They were very rich and near the king.

6. The Third Estate included poor peasants but also
the well-educated middle class (bourgeoisie)
The Third Estate made up
97% of the population
This group paid …50%
of their income in taxes

7. Social tensions were made worse by the
financial crisis in the 1770s & 1780s
Where did the missing money come from?
Food

8. The influence of the American Revolution
The French revolution claimed ¨freedom,
brotherhood and equality¨. And after that France
became a Republic where the people had rights.
The American revolution was inspired in the
French and organized themselves as a Republic
shortly after.

9. During the Estates-General, the First & Second Estates
voted to increase taxes on the Third Estate
The First & Second Estates decided to vote by order
rather than by head
vote per estate
The first and second
Estates wanted to
increase the taxes on
the third Estate.
The vote counted as 2.
The third Estate wanted
to vote by head not as 1
by person
The first and second
Estates didn´t want to
count the third estate
vote per person
because they were
more and they would
win.
Finally the first and
second Estate won
2-1

10. The March to Versailles
Poor women weren´t able to buy food so the
marched to the royal palace at Versailles. They
forced the king and his family to come back to
Paris. The king was in their power. The king and
his family lived for one year like prisoners in
Paris.

11. The Fall of the Bastille
One morning the people who were very
angry opened fire against the Bastille but
king Louis XVI was not very worried
because he thought it was just a protest.

12. In 1789, the National
Assembly swore to a
Tennis Court Oath
promising a new
constitution & limitations
on the king’s power
The National Assembly
wrote their revolutionary
ideals in the Declaration
_of the rights of men
and Citizen

13. What should the
National Assembly do to
solve France’s problems?
Fearing the spread of
France’s revolutionary
ideas, Austria & Prussia
assembled armies to
restore France’s
absolute monarchy
They should have to solve the
economic crisis, the political luck
of power and the social poverty.

14. The National Assembly cut the
heads off traitors because it
was an easy and less painfull
way to kill a person.

15. The slogan of the French Revolution became:
Liberty ---Brotherhood------------------------------Equality---------

16. In 1793,
Maximilien Robespierre gained control
of the National Convention
From 1793 to 1794,
Robespierre executed
40,000 “traitors” during
an era known as the
---Reign –of--- terror
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17. The Reign of Terror
ended when French
citizens turned on
Robespierre
and cut of his head..

18. The revolution came to an end in 1795,
but France was in chaos

19. By: Jazmin de Virgiliis