PPT-1789-1815 The French Revolution

An Age of Revolutions Crises of the Eighteenth Century American Model The French Revolution 17891815 Social and Political Crises The Meeting of the Estates General Fall of the Bastille Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen. 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.”. Place de la . République. , Paris. 27 April 2002. Barricades in Paris, 1848. Eugène. Delacroix,. . La . Liberté. . guidant. le . Peuple. Course outline. Week 1: French perspectives on the crowd. The French Revolution. The three Estates. The First Estate:. - Royal family & Clergy. - ~1% of population. - Paid no taxes. - owned 10% of the land. The Second Estate:. - Nobility ~2% of pop.. 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.. World Studies I. Get ready!. The next slides will describe what happened during the . middle. of the French Revolution…. We pick up where we left off in 1789 after the Storming of the Bastille…. 1789-1815. I. The Old Regime. 1. Peasants comprised over four-fifths of France’s 26 million people. 2. Peasants lost half their income in taxes. They paid feudal dues to nobles, tithes to the church and royal taxes to the kings agents. In addition, they paid a land tax called the . Section One - On the Eve of Revolution . Setting the Scene. Civic Unrest. Factory owner cutting wages, although bread prices are increasing. Enraged workers rioted and vandalized the owners house. “LONG LIVE THE THIRD ESTATE”. Section Two – Creating a New France . Bell Work. Turn your book to page 171. Preview this section. Analyze all pictures (read in captions that go along with the picture; i.e. Paris in Arms, and Women March on Versailles). 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 . Napoleon Forges an Empire. Napoleon Bonaparte . (1769-1821). Born on island of . Corsica. Military School at 9 yrs. & lieutenant in artillery at 16.. Only 5 ‘ 3” tall!. He joined army of new government, ousted British from Toulon in 1793, & became General at age 25.. 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 . 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?. 1789-1815 The French Revolution 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 1. Incubation Phase (Old Order). Intellectual criticism, faith in the system is lost, economic crisis, a new class is on the rise. 2. Moderate Phase. Some acts of violence, revolution seems to be over, pressure from extremists, government is unable to operate effectively.