In 1700’s France was the most _____________ country in Europe Center of Enlightenment Large population Prosperous foreign trade

Bad _____________ High Prices High __________ Questions raised by the Enlightenment

1770’s – France was under the Old Regime

The people of France were divided into three large social classes or ______________

First Estate (1% of French population) Made up of clergy of Roman Catholic

Church __________ Enlightenment ideas Paid ______ _______taxes

Second Estate (2% of French pop.) Made up of rich

nobles Held highest

offices in government

____________ with Enlightenment ideas

Paid ____ _______

Third Estate (97% of French population) Was made up of three sub groups

Included bourgeoisie (middle class businessmen), urban lower class, and peasant farmers

Peasant Farmers – largest group Had _____ _________ to influence

government ________ Enlightenment ideas Resented the wealthy First and Second

Estates PAID ___ _______ of TAXES!!!

Member of the Third Estate were ____________ by the success of the American Revolution (Life, Liberty, and Property!)

Louis XVI + Maria Antoinette Weak Leaders They were left a lot of debt from previous

monarchs Spent A TON of money Tried to tax nobility!! (This is going to

cause a problem!!)

Called a meeting to vote on this new tax

This meeting was called the ________________ An assembly of representatives from all

three estates would vote for this new tax

Each estate’s delegates met in a separate hall to vote

Each estate had _____ _________ What’s the problem here???

The two privileged estates could ___________ outvote the ________ estate.

This meant that the third estate _________ gained political success

They needed to do something about that!

Third Estate – Named themselves the _________ ____________ ________ They could pass laws and reforms in the

name of the French people They were locked out of their meeting

room by the nobles

The National Assembly broke into an indoor ________ ________to create a new constitution – This became known as the Tennis Court Oath

In response to the Tennis Court Oath he stationed his army around ______________

The French people thought the King was going to attack his own people They began to gather weapons for defense

July 14th 1789 – An angry French mob attacked the Bastille, a French prison, to get ___________. The French people took over the prison

This marked the beginning of the _______________!!

From Paris to the countryside the revolution spread.

Peasants began burning down nobles’ farms

Women marched on Versailles and demanded _______ __________.

The monarch left France – The revolution succeeded!!

Aug 4th 1789 – Many Clergymen and Nobles joined the ___________ ___________. They took many powers away from the First and Second Estate.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen This was the doc. created by the

National Assembly (Like our _________________________)

It stated that “all men are born and remain free and equal in rights”

Freedom of speech, religion, and equal justice

National Assembly took over Church lands

Clergy had to be elected

Clergy and nobles are __________ power!!

For 2 yrs. the Assembly fought over a new constitution

Finally created a new one in 1791Created the _____________

______________ It could create laws and approve or

reject declarations of war.

The Legislative Assembly split into three groups Those that sat on the ___________of the

hall (Radicals) Those that sat in the __________

(Moderates) Those that sat on the ______________of the

hall (Conservatives)

Does this sound familiar???

During the French Rev. other European countries did not want this revolution to spread into their country. SO – they demanded that the French restore Louis XVI to his throne.

NOT A CHANCE – Let’s go to WAR!!

Rumors started that the Kings supporters were going to break out of prisons.

SO – revolutionaries broke into the prison and killed everyone.

________ with Legislative Assembly (1791) and ______ with National Convention Universal male suffrage Declared France a republic

_____________ from a distinct political organization (revolutionaries) Jean-Paul Marat – newspaper editor▪ Believed that anyone who supported the kind

should be KILLED!!

1793 – King and queen are murdered by the newly introduced ______________.

This marks the beginning of “THE REIGN OF TERROR”!!!