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The French Revolution
• Absolute monarchs
(Kings) who didn’t share
power with a counsel or
parliament
• Obtained power through
the idea of “Divine Right
of Kings”
Absolutism
King James I of England
The Seigneurial System
• In the 1700’s France had a
Feudal method of land
ownership and
organization
• Peasant labor
Receiving a seigneurial grant
• Ruled from 1643–1715
• Reduced the power of
the nobility
• Fought four wars
• Greatly increased
France’s national debt
Louis XIV
• Louis XV
• War fought in Europe, India, North America
• France ends up losing some of its colonial possessions
• Increases French national debt
The Seven Years’ War
Louis XV French and
English
troops fight
at the battle
of Fort St.
Philip on
the island
of Minorca
• First Estate: clergy
• Second Estate:
nobility
• Third Estate: the
rest of society
• The Estates General
– a very weak
congress
The Three Estates
Cartoon depicting the three Estates
• Taxation
• Crop failures
The Third Estate
• New ideas about
society and
government
• The social
contract – gov’t
protected people
and people
allowed gov’t to
exist
The Enlightenment
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• France supported the
colonists against Great
Britain
• Revolutionary ideals
brought to France.
The American Revolution
Marquis de Lafayette
• France helping America
worsened their debt
• Jacques Necker – Called
for a tax on property. All
three estates would have
to pay
• 1st and 2nd refused
• Calling of the Estates
General to require
property tax
Financial Crisis
Finance Minister Jacques Necker
• Met in Versailles
in May 1789
• One vote per
estate
• 1st and 2nd or
Clergy and
nobility joined
together to
outvote the Third
Estate
• Voting
controversy
The Estates General
A meeting of the Estates General
• The Third Estate
fed up and
established
National
Assembly on June
17, 1789.
• State they were
the true
representation of
France and the
real governing
body.
The National Assembly
Finish rest tomorrow
• Louis XVI ordered the National
Assembly be locked out of meeting
hall
Artist Jacques Louis David’s depiction
of the Tennis Court Oath
Confrontation With the King
Responded by meeting at a
nearby tennis court.
Wouldn’t leave until France
had new constitution
Louis eventually backed
down.
• Rumors began to spread
that Louis was building up
an army to put down the
revolution.
• July 14th: a mob storms and
takes the Bastille
• Guards refused to fight back
and Bastille is overrun and
destroyed.
Storming of the Bastille
• Rebellion
spreads
throughout
the
countryside.
• National
Assembly
made all men
free in an
effort to
restore order
The Great Fear
• Adopted by National
Assembly on August 27th
1789
• Enlightenment ideals
• Outlined basic freedoms
held by all
• Asserted the sovereignty of
the people
• “Liberté, Egalité,
Fraternité”
The Declaration of the Rights
of Man and Citizen
• Peasants still unsatisfied
• In October with food supplies
running low a group of women
and peasants marched to
Versailles
The March of Women
• By the time they
reached Versailles it
had turned into an
angry mob
• Attached the Palace
and forced Louis
back to Paris where
he was held prisoner
• Financial crisis
• National
Assembly
confiscates and
sells off church
lands
• Church also
secularized,
reorganized
• Clergy oath of
loyalty
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Cartoon depicting the confiscation of Church lands
• Émigrés
• Louis XVI and his
family attempted to
flee France
• They were arrested
at Varennes
Flight of the King
The capture of Louis XVI at Varennes
• Declaration of
Pillnitz
• Possible foreign
intervention
Reaction from Other Countries
Illustration
depicting
Prussian King
Frederick
William III,
Austrian
Emperor
Leopold II, and
the Comte
d’Artois, Louis
XVI’s brother
New Constitution
• Constitutional
monarchy
• New Legislative
Assembly
• Sans-culottes
Painting depicting the 1791 constitution
War With Austria
• In retaliation to
Declaration of Pillnitz
National Assembly
declared war on
Austria
Painting of the Battle of Valmy, 1792
• Austria is joined by England, Spain and Holland
to crush French Revolution.
• France institutes a Draft “Levee en Masse” of all
men 18-25
• Paris mob stormed
Tuileries
• Radical group
takes control of
government in
1792.
• Attack royal
family and take
Louis hostage
The Radicals Take Over
Paris crowds storm the Tuileries
• Louis and family seek aid of
Legislative Assembly
• Arrested and deposed
• New government
• First met on
September 21,
1792
• Abolish Monarchy;
France officially
becomes a republic
• Factions: Jacobins
vs. Girondins
The National Convention
A Jacobin club
Jean-Paul Marat
Georges Danton
Leaders in the
National Convention
• Lawyer
• Leader of the Jacobin
• Leader of Committee of
Public Safety
• Most controversial figure of
the French Revolution
Robespierre
The Guillotine
• Dr. Joseph Guillotin
• Intended as a more
humane method of
execution
• Thousands guillotined
during the French
Revolution
• On January 17,
1793, Louis XVI
was convicted of
treason
• He went to the
guillotine four
days later on
January 21, 1793
Execution of the King
• Created to cease an
internal rebellion in
1793
• Given broad powers
• Eventually ruled
France like a dictator
for nearly a year
The Committee of Public
Safety
A citizen petitions the Committee of Public
Safety
• July 1793–July 1794
• Killed nearly 40,000
French people who
Robespierre had labeled
“enemies”
• Murdered anyone; clergy,
nobles, even Maria
Antoinette the wife of
Louis XVI
The Reign of Terror
The execution of Marie Antoinette
Robspierre was eventually
arrested in 1794 and sent to the
guillotine himself.
And that is the French
Revolution
Now lets talk about the Reign of
Terror
• Robespierre
overthrown on 9
Thermidor
• Committee of Public
Safety dismantled
• Jacobin clubs
disbanded
• New constitution
adopted in August
1795
• Executive branch
known as the Directory
The Thermidorean Reaction
9 Thermidor meeting of the National Convention
• Promoted middle class
interests
• Financial crisis
• Food shortages
• Riots in Paris
• Rise of Napoleon
The Directory
Cartoon
depicting the
errors and bad
judgment of
the Directory
• Popularity rises after
victories over the Austrians
• Conflict with Britain
• 1799 Coup d’etat
• The Consulate
Napoleon Bonaparte
1804: Napoleon crowns
himself emperor
Napoleon Becomes Emperor
Legacies of the
French Revolution
• End of absolutism
• Power of nobles ended
• Peasants became landowners
• Nationalism
• Enlightenment ideals

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French revolution (1)

  • 2. • Absolute monarchs (Kings) who didn’t share power with a counsel or parliament • Obtained power through the idea of “Divine Right of Kings” Absolutism King James I of England
  • 3. The Seigneurial System • In the 1700’s France had a Feudal method of land ownership and organization • Peasant labor Receiving a seigneurial grant
  • 4. • Ruled from 1643–1715 • Reduced the power of the nobility • Fought four wars • Greatly increased France’s national debt Louis XIV
  • 5. • Louis XV • War fought in Europe, India, North America • France ends up losing some of its colonial possessions • Increases French national debt The Seven Years’ War Louis XV French and English troops fight at the battle of Fort St. Philip on the island of Minorca
  • 6. • First Estate: clergy • Second Estate: nobility • Third Estate: the rest of society • The Estates General – a very weak congress The Three Estates Cartoon depicting the three Estates
  • 7.
  • 8. • Taxation • Crop failures The Third Estate
  • 9. • New ideas about society and government • The social contract – gov’t protected people and people allowed gov’t to exist The Enlightenment John Locke Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 10. • France supported the colonists against Great Britain • Revolutionary ideals brought to France. The American Revolution Marquis de Lafayette
  • 11. • France helping America worsened their debt • Jacques Necker – Called for a tax on property. All three estates would have to pay • 1st and 2nd refused • Calling of the Estates General to require property tax Financial Crisis Finance Minister Jacques Necker
  • 12. • Met in Versailles in May 1789 • One vote per estate • 1st and 2nd or Clergy and nobility joined together to outvote the Third Estate • Voting controversy The Estates General A meeting of the Estates General
  • 13. • The Third Estate fed up and established National Assembly on June 17, 1789. • State they were the true representation of France and the real governing body. The National Assembly
  • 14.
  • 16. • Louis XVI ordered the National Assembly be locked out of meeting hall Artist Jacques Louis David’s depiction of the Tennis Court Oath Confrontation With the King Responded by meeting at a nearby tennis court. Wouldn’t leave until France had new constitution Louis eventually backed down.
  • 17. • Rumors began to spread that Louis was building up an army to put down the revolution. • July 14th: a mob storms and takes the Bastille • Guards refused to fight back and Bastille is overrun and destroyed. Storming of the Bastille
  • 18. • Rebellion spreads throughout the countryside. • National Assembly made all men free in an effort to restore order The Great Fear
  • 19. • Adopted by National Assembly on August 27th 1789 • Enlightenment ideals • Outlined basic freedoms held by all • Asserted the sovereignty of the people • “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
  • 20. • Peasants still unsatisfied • In October with food supplies running low a group of women and peasants marched to Versailles The March of Women • By the time they reached Versailles it had turned into an angry mob • Attached the Palace and forced Louis back to Paris where he was held prisoner
  • 21. • Financial crisis • National Assembly confiscates and sells off church lands • Church also secularized, reorganized • Clergy oath of loyalty Civil Constitution of the Clergy Cartoon depicting the confiscation of Church lands
  • 22. • Émigrés • Louis XVI and his family attempted to flee France • They were arrested at Varennes Flight of the King The capture of Louis XVI at Varennes
  • 23. • Declaration of Pillnitz • Possible foreign intervention Reaction from Other Countries Illustration depicting Prussian King Frederick William III, Austrian Emperor Leopold II, and the Comte d’Artois, Louis XVI’s brother
  • 24. New Constitution • Constitutional monarchy • New Legislative Assembly • Sans-culottes Painting depicting the 1791 constitution
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  • 26. War With Austria • In retaliation to Declaration of Pillnitz National Assembly declared war on Austria Painting of the Battle of Valmy, 1792 • Austria is joined by England, Spain and Holland to crush French Revolution. • France institutes a Draft “Levee en Masse” of all men 18-25
  • 27. • Paris mob stormed Tuileries • Radical group takes control of government in 1792. • Attack royal family and take Louis hostage The Radicals Take Over Paris crowds storm the Tuileries • Louis and family seek aid of Legislative Assembly • Arrested and deposed
  • 28. • New government • First met on September 21, 1792 • Abolish Monarchy; France officially becomes a republic • Factions: Jacobins vs. Girondins The National Convention A Jacobin club
  • 29. Jean-Paul Marat Georges Danton Leaders in the National Convention
  • 30. • Lawyer • Leader of the Jacobin • Leader of Committee of Public Safety • Most controversial figure of the French Revolution Robespierre
  • 31. The Guillotine • Dr. Joseph Guillotin • Intended as a more humane method of execution • Thousands guillotined during the French Revolution
  • 32. • On January 17, 1793, Louis XVI was convicted of treason • He went to the guillotine four days later on January 21, 1793 Execution of the King
  • 33. • Created to cease an internal rebellion in 1793 • Given broad powers • Eventually ruled France like a dictator for nearly a year The Committee of Public Safety A citizen petitions the Committee of Public Safety
  • 34. • July 1793–July 1794 • Killed nearly 40,000 French people who Robespierre had labeled “enemies” • Murdered anyone; clergy, nobles, even Maria Antoinette the wife of Louis XVI The Reign of Terror The execution of Marie Antoinette Robspierre was eventually arrested in 1794 and sent to the guillotine himself.
  • 35. And that is the French Revolution Now lets talk about the Reign of Terror
  • 36. • Robespierre overthrown on 9 Thermidor • Committee of Public Safety dismantled • Jacobin clubs disbanded • New constitution adopted in August 1795 • Executive branch known as the Directory The Thermidorean Reaction 9 Thermidor meeting of the National Convention
  • 37. • Promoted middle class interests • Financial crisis • Food shortages • Riots in Paris • Rise of Napoleon The Directory Cartoon depicting the errors and bad judgment of the Directory
  • 38. • Popularity rises after victories over the Austrians • Conflict with Britain • 1799 Coup d’etat • The Consulate Napoleon Bonaparte
  • 39. 1804: Napoleon crowns himself emperor Napoleon Becomes Emperor
  • 40. Legacies of the French Revolution • End of absolutism • Power of nobles ended • Peasants became landowners • Nationalism • Enlightenment ideals