PPT-French Revolution Pre-revolutionary France

French Revolution Prerevolutionary France Problems in PreRevolutionary France Social Political Economic 1 Identify each of the figures from this cartoon below and provide your reasons why 2 The title of this cartoon is You Should Hope this Game Will Be Over Soon Who do you think. 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.”. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. - Charles Dickens. The French Revolution is a movement of God. It is a pure gift to progress. - Victor Hugo. Terror is only justice: prompt, severe, inflexible. It is an emanation of virtue. – Robespierre. Reforms were not enough to stop the hungry, unemployed and poorly paid people of Paris who took up arms. . Their actions would push events further and faster than anyone could have . foreseen. Global Impact of American . The National Convention. The Legislative Assembly, having suspended the monarchy, voted itself out of existence.. Set a date for the election of the Nat’l Conv.. It held its 1. st. meeting in September 1792.. Readings: . Smith, et al., 771-776. D . 18.7: “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen”. Enlightenment Ideas. The spread of revolutionary ideas across the Atlantic world in the second half of the eighteenth century followed the trail of Enlightenment ideas (in a way, the product of the new scientific method based on reason in action):. The French Revolution is a movement of God. It is a pure gift to progress. - Victor Hugo. Terror is only justice: prompt, severe, inflexible. It is an emanation of virtue. – Robespierre. Persistent . 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. . Historical interpretations of class conflict leading to. the French Revolution. Bourgeoisie . was united by economic position and class interest and frustrated by feudal laws. Eventually, rose up to lead the . ?. Who made up the 3 Estates in France?. Reasons for the French Revolution . In the 1700s, France was the cultural capital of Europe, home to numerous Enlightenment thinkers, & had wealth from colonies . :. . Identify the causes and results of the revolutions in . England (1689), United States (1776), . France (1789). , Haiti (1791), and Latin America (1808-1825). Vocabulary. : French Revolution. You are here. 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! What was the French Revolution?. 1. The French Revolution (1789-1799). The French Revolution was a period of . radical. . social. and . political. . change. in France. . The . monarchy was eventually abolished. . Ça. . ira. !. Ça. . ira. !. . (Edith Piaf). Ça. . ira. , . ça. . ira. ! Les . aristocrates. . à. la . lanterne. !. Song dates from the Revolution itself.. Making of the Modern World. The French Revolution.