PPT-The French Revolution © Student Handouts, Inc.

wwwstudenthandoutscom Four Phases Periods of the French Revolution National Assembly 17891791 Louis XVI did not actually want a written constitution When news of his plan to use military force against the National Assembly reached Paris on . 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. 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. A. excessive spending of King Louis XVI.. B. rise of the National Assembly.. C. Reign of Terror.. D. loss of the Old Regime. Among the causes of the French Revolution was the. A. excessive spending of King Louis XVI.. Take notes from the film. List the 3 causes of the French Revolution.. Describe who are the 3 Estates.. First Estate – . Second Estate – . Third Estate - . 3. What U.S. document gave the French peasants the incentive to revolt?. Queen Marie Antoinette, King Louis XVI. The Eve of Revolution. 1789. French Old Order/Three Estates. . 1. Clergy. . 2. Nobility. . 3. Everyone else. Enlightenment Ideas. Questioning inequalities of Old Regime. 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. 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. www.studenthandouts.com. Four Phases (Periods) of the French Revolution. National Assembly (1789-1791). Louis XVI did not actually want a written constitution. When news of his plan to use military force against the National Assembly reached Paris on . 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. Causes of the French Revolution What brought about the French Revolution? Enlightenment thinkers ~ many lived in France under absolute monarchy ~ spoke of change granting more rights to the people….sounded good! 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.