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Deux Unit 3 Essential Questions How do absolute rulers maintain psychological control over their subjects What factors can spark a political revolution What makes a political revolution a success or a failure ID: 760333

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Agenda: The French Revolution, Part Deux

Unit 3 Essential Questions:

How do absolute rulers maintain psychological control over their subjects?

What factors can spark a political revolution?

What makes a political revolution a success or a failure?

HW: Practice Quiz on Block Day; Quiz on Friday.

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Women March on Versailles (October 1789)

Louis XVI summons Estates General (May 1789)

3rd Estate Pushes for a National Assembly

Tennis Court Oath (June 1789)

Storming of the Bastille (July 14th 1789)

The Great Fear (August 1789)

Road to

Revolution

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Estates General 1788

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The Tennis Court Oath: 1789

3rd Estate wanted a legislative branch (National Assembly).Some of the clergy (1st Estate) agreed.The king closed Versailles for “repairs”.National Assembly met on a nearby tennis court.

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Storming the Bastille: The Revolution Begins

Bread prices up. Rumor--king’s troops will attack Paris.Urban workers stormed the Bastille to search for gunpowder. The warden fired on the crowd, killing 98.

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Storming the Bastille July 1789

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The Great Fear

Peasants panicked by rumors broke into the home of nobles.Destroyed tax records. Tax collectors killed.

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Women’s March on Versailles

Chaos = high food prices.5,000 women marched on Versailles, demanding food.Killed several guards.Marched king back to Paris.

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The National Assembly

Elected from the top 50% wealthiest French males.Passed the laws, but king could veto. Assembly seized Church lands to pay off the debt + war vs. most of Europe.

Left Wing

Radical Change

No king, anti-Church.

Centrists

Moderates, StabilityConstitutional Monarchy

Right Wing

ConservativesGo Back to Past

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

Influenced by the Enlightenment & the Bill of Rights“Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.”“The aim of Government must be to preserve these “natural rights.”