Aim: How did the French Revolution begin? L92

Do Now: How did the political cartoon

represent French society? ---Discuss with

your group

More vocab fun for your glossary!!

• Coup d’etat-- a takeover of power• Nationalism--Love for ones country• Royalist- a supporter of the King• Jacobin- radical French revolutionary

The Revolution begins

Spring of 1789 The 3rd estate writes the

Tennis Court Oath *Though it was a step in the

right direction not much happens as a result

July 14th 1789-- Storming of the Bastille

A hungry Paris mob storms the Bastille (a prison) b/c it was a symbol of the King’s gov.

The army refuses to stop them

Considered the official beginning of the French Revolution!!

August 4th 1789 - “Declaration of the Rights of Man” is written

King was forced to sign and agree to uphold it

Contains Enlightenment ideas

French Rev. Slogan : “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”

New Constitution 1789-1791

Created by the National Assembly (the updated Estates General)

Creates a limited monarchy in France with much more power for the people

Death to the King!

King Louis was put on trial in December 1792

He was charged with being a traitor to the people of France

He was found guilty and sentenced to DEATH!

King Louis’s beheading

Period after Louis execution from 1793-1794

During this time thousands of “anti-revolutionary” people were put to death(40,000!!!)

Controlled by the Jacobins

The Guillotine

Used by the French to execute criminals Was meant to be a more “humane” death but it

may have been painful Audiences to guillotining told numerous stories

of blinking eyelids, speaking, moving eyes, movement of the mouth

Maximilien Robespierre

Leader of the Reign of Terror He led the executions of suspected traitors from

1793-1794 Was eventually put to death as well for his

crimes against humanity

Class work Activity

Read each of the actions taken during the early French Revolution

Determine which group benefited the most from the action and why

Answer the question that follows

Be prepared to share and discuss your answers

France before the revolution France after the revolution

1) Church owns most of the land 2) 3rd estate has no natural rights 3) Most peasants were serfs 4) King Louis XVI has total control

1) Church land given to peasants 2) “Declaration of the Rights of

Men” gives 3rd estate rights 3) Serfs revolted 4) Estates General run by the 3rd

estate