PPT-Radical Phase of the French Revolution

The Second Revolution 8 or 91792 71794 September Massacres Sept 26 Over 1500 prisoners The Jacobins Jacobin Meeting House Started as a debating society Membership mostly middle class. Historiography. The history of the French Revolution is highly debated and there are a range of interpretations of it. Below is a brief outline of three key groups.. Contemporary Interpretations. Mostly held by 19. Threat or Promise?. Causes for Revolution. Causes for Revolution. France is near broke. Causes for Revolution. France is near broke. Lost Seven Years War. Causes for Revolution. France is near broke. Mrs. Tucker. World History. Victor Valley High School. Vocabulary Front-Load – . Frayer. Method. Salon. Neoclassical. Despotism. Ideology. Estates. Serf. Philosophes. Coup d’état. Hundred Days. 1789-1799. “The French revolution ranks with the Reformation as one of the two great watersheds in the history of the European world. Into it virtually all the past flowed; from it virtually all the present has come.”. Aim/Goal: . Was the French Revolution a success?. Do Now: . Explain the Three Estates during revolutionary France. What percentage of the population were they? Explain in a few sentences.. bourgeoisie. 1791-1799. The term “Sans-Culottes” refers to the poor and working poor of French cities. The term comes from their tendency to wear full-length trousers instead of the knee-high “culottes” of the rich.. Poor harvests. High prices. High taxes. Enlightenment. ideas. American Revolution. Old Regime. Social. and . political. system in France. Divided France into three social classes, or . estates. . SOCIAL. POLITICAL. INTELLECTUAL . ECONOMIC. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY. GROWTH OF INDUSTRY AND THE RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS. GROWING BURDEN OF. FEUDAL DUES. INCREASING POVERTY. GROWING GOVERNMENT DEBT. ATTEMPT TO TAX NOBLES. Political Parties and the People who led them. The Political Clubs. There were no parties in France at this period in history. People joined political clubs.. Clubs held meetings, published pamphlets.. Causes of the French Revolution. Abuses of the old regime. (What’s a regime?). Political (leave space to explain). Social. Economic. Political Reasons. The king was an absolute monarch. The king picked people based on favoritism. Background. Treaty of Ryswick – 1695 . Africans and . engagés. for labor. 1685 – Negro codes – punishments . High mortality / low fertility. Slave population – 500,000 – most African-born. On a piece of . paper respond . to the following:. Briefly list and describe . THREE. causes . of the French Revolution. (Its okay if you are only guessing). Which cause of the three do you think is the . . Vocabulary. Estate. Taille. Bourgeoisie. Sans-culottes. Electors. Coup . d’etat. Bastille. Consulate. Nationalism. Conservatism. Liberalism. Guillotine. Deficit spending. suffrage. Most are in Chapter 9. The Old Regime. 1. st. Estate – Clergy - 1% of population. 2. nd. Estate – Nobility – 1% of population. 3. rd. Estate – Remainder of population. The Clergy. Very wealthy and powerful. Owned 10% of the land in France.