The French Revolution.

2. The French Revolution.

4. The Seigniorial System.
 Feudal method
of land
ownership and
organization
 Peasant labor Receivinga seigniorialgrant

5. Louis IXV
•Ruled from 1643–1715
•Reduced the power of
the nobility
•Fought four wars
•Greatly increased
France’s national debt

6. A SevenYear’sWar.
Louis XV.
•Louis XV
•War fought inEurope,India, NorthAmerica
•France ends uplosingsome of its colonial possessions
•Increases French national debt
French and English
troops fight at the
battle of Fort St.
Philip on the island of
Minorca

9. The Enlightenment.
John Locke.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
•New
ideas
about
society
and
governme
nt
•The social

10. The Estates General.

11. 1. The ThirdEstate
took action and
established its
own government
2. On June17, 1789,
the National
Assembly was
formed

12. Confrontation With the King.
Artist Jacques Louis David’s depiction of the
Tennis Court Oath.
Louis XVI
ordered the Third
Estate locked out
of the National
Assembly’s
meeting hall
The Tennis Court
Oath
The king reverses
his position

13. Storming of the Bastille
Rioting in
Paris in early
July
Firing of
Necker
July 14th: a
mob storms
and takes
the Bastille

14. The Great Fear.
Rebellion spreads
Peasants destroy the
countryside
End of feudal privileges

15. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
Adopted by National Assembly on
August 27th
Enlightenment ideals
Outlined basic freedoms held by all
Asserted the sovereignty of the people
“Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité”

16. {The March of Women.}
Lowerclasses still
unsatisfied
Thousands of starving
women andpeasants
march onVersailles
Louis forcedto return
to Paris

17. Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
Cartoon depicting the confiscation of Church
lands.
Financial
crisis
National
Assembly
confiscates
and sells off
church lands
Church also
secularized,
reorganized
Clergy oath
of loyalty

18. {Flight of the King.}
Émigrés
Louis XVI and his
family attempted to flee
France
They were arrested at
Varennes
The capture of Louis XVI at Varennes

19. Reaction From Other
Countries
Declaration of Pillnitz
Possible foreign
intervention
Illustration
depicting
Prussian King
Frederick
William III,
Austrian
Emperor
Leopold II, and
the Comte
d’Artois, Louis
XVI’s brother

20. New Constitution.
Painting depicting the 1791 constitution
Constitution
al monarchy
New
Legislative
Assembly
Sans-culottes

21. War With Austria.
Painting of the Battle of Valmy, 1792
Francedeclares
war
War of the First
Coalition
Leveeenmasse

22. The Radicals Take Over.
Paris crowds storm the Tuileries.
Paris mob
stormed Tuileries
Louis and family
seekaid of
Legislative
Assembly
Arrested and
deposed

23. The National Convention.
A Jacobin club
First met on September
21, 1792
RevolutionaryCalendar
Monarchyabolished;
France officiallybecomes a
republic
Factions: Jacobins vs.
Girondins

24. Leaders in the
National Convention.
Jean-Paul Maarat
Georges Danton

25. Robespierre.
Lawyer
Radical
Jacobin
Most
controversial
figure of the
French
Revolution

27. Execution of the King.
On January 17,
1793, Louis XVI
was convicted of
treason
He wentto the
guillotinefour
days later on
January21, 1793

28. The Committee of Public Safety.
A citizen petitions the Committee of Public
Safety
Created
to cease an
internal
rebellion in
a1793
Given
dictatorial
power

29. The Reign of Terror.
July 1793–July 1794
Executions
Death of
Robespierre
The execution of Marie Antoinette

30. The Thermidorean Reaction.
Robespierre
overthrown on 9
Thermion
Committee of
Public Safety
dismantled
Jacobin clubs
disbanded
New
constitution
adopted in

31. The Directory.
Cartoon
depicting the
errors and
bad judgment
of the
Directory
Promoted middle class
interests
Financialcrisis
Food shortages
Riots inParis
Rise of Napoleon

32. Napoleon Bonaparte.
Popularity rises after
victories over the Austrians
Conflict withBritain
1799 Coupd’etat
The Consulate

33. Napoleon Becomes
Emperor.
1804: Napoleon
crowns himself
emperor