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. 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. 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. 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. Learning Objectives:. Name two French writers with new ideas in 1700s. Explain how the Age of Reason & the American Revolution led to French Revolution. Know. the Three Estates. Explain how storming of the Bastille led to bloody rebellion. 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.. 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?. 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. . An Age of Revolutions. Crises . of the Eighteenth Century. American Model. The French Revolution, 1789-1815. Social and Political Crises. The Meeting of the Estates General. Fall of the Bastille. Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen. :. . 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! 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.