FRENCH REVOLUTIONFRENCH REVOLUTION

Ms. HuntMs. HuntRMS IB 2013-2014RMS IB 2013-2014

Unit 3Unit 3

Do You Hear The People Sing?• Step 1- Read the lyrics to the song Do You Hear

the People Sing? • Step 2- Annotate as you read the lyrics a second

time. (1 annotate per stanza)– What are you thoughts? – What strikes you as important? – What do you think the mood of the song is? – What is the writer trying to say?

• Next, watch this awesome video:– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMYNfQlf1H8– As you watch, look at the visuals. Notice how the

people act, dress, react, and do.

Do You Hear the People Sing?

• On your copy of the song lyrics, answer each of the following questions in complete sentences…– Who are the “people”?– Why do you think they are angry?– At who are they angry?– How do they act upon their anger?– What does the phrase “when the beating of your

heart matches the beating of the drum” mean?– What do you think is the most impactful line? Why?

Background Information

• Began in 1789- when the US was created• More complex, more violent, and far

more radical than American Revolution• A turning point in EUROPEAN POLITICAL

AND SOCIAL HISTORY

Turn and Talk!

• How do you think the Americans might have influenced the French? • Consider the Treaty of Paris, Benjamin Franklin,

and the idea of revolting against your government.

Social Causes of the Revolution

• Enlightenment Ideas- Individual Rights- Democracy

• Inspiration from the American Revolution• Social Inequality

– Social class was divided into three estates or classes

– Social Conditions (unequal)

Estates Outlined• 1st Estate

– Clergy

• 2nd Estate– Nobility, powerful within

the government, vastly wealthy

• 3rd Estate- Majority of People– Peasants, shopkeepers, craftspeople– Bourgeoisie- Middle class, owned 25-30% land

• Upset at all the privileges held by people in higher estates

Three estatesClergy (130,000 people), owned

about 10% of land,

Nobility (350,000 people), owned

30%, held leading positions

Commoners (peasants), made

up of 75 percent of total population.

Owned 35-40 % of land

STOP and JOT!- What does the pyramid represent?

Economic Forces of ChangeEconomic Troubles!!!• National government in financial collapse• Bad harvest• Slow manufacturing• High number of poor people• Costly wars and aid to the US• Expensive monarchies• High Taxes

Political Causes of the Revolution

• King Louis and Marie Antoinette– Disliked by the 3rd estate- too extravagant!

• Estates General– Created to represent the people (unequal

representation)

• Excessive Debt due to nearly a century of fighting/war

• Taxation– The general public paid upwards of 80% of their income

in taxes

The Monarchs of FranceKing Louis married

Marie Antoinette• Antoinette was an

Austrian princess• Louis was 15 and Marie

was 14 years old• Spent so much money

on luxuries Marie was nicknamed “Madame Deficit”

• French people hated her!!! (not French)

Estates General

• Versailles, May 5, 1789• Meeting of all Estates • Problem = voting

– Each estate would get one vote– 1st and 2nd Estate could outvote the 3rd STOP and JOT!

• Why might this be a problem for the 3rd Estate?• How might this lead to revolution?

Tennis Court Oath• 3rd Estate- Not happy with result of Estates General

– Decided to create their own “National Assembly”

• Tennis Court Oath- Met on June 17, 1789– original place was locked

• Made an oath to create a new constitution– Which form of government do you think they wanted to

create? Think about Enlightenment ideas of the times! Response/ Why?- ________________________

• King Louis XVI was against the oath and used force• Rebellions started forming all over France

Storming the Bastille• Louis fears a rebellion in

Paris– Stations Swiss guards in

the city (won’t trust his own men)

– The people of Paris see foreign soldiers, hear rumors that Louis will disassemble the National Assembly

• People are scared!!!!– The people storm the

Bastille (a prison in Paris) looking for weapons – July 14th

Reign of Terror• Jacobins (radicals) want

France to become a true Republic

• 1793: Louis XVI is publicly tried for treason and executed – Marie Antoinette also

executed• Closed churches• Mass executions• Suspended civil liberties

Leader of the Terror

• Maximilien Robespierre – Member of the Jacobins– Ruled France like a dictator– Hunted down, tried, and

executed enemies of the Revolution

• Eventually, members of the National Assembly conspire against Robespierre– He is arrested and executed– Hundreds of Jacobins are

hunted down and killed

Outcomes of the Revolution

• End of absolute monarchy in France• Republic established with separation of powers

1795 – 1799• Rise of Napoleon

– French military controlled riots and rebellions– French General Napoleon rises to power, and will

eventually take over France

*STOP and JOT!- How does this represent enlightenment ideas?

BrainPOP!• While watching the video, complete the Brain Pop

worksheet.• Have a minimum of 4 sentences in each

comparison box!

*Glue in all materials into your Interactive Notebook

• 1. Do you hear the people sing? Song Analysis• 2. Guided Notes- French Revolution• 4. BrainPOP! French vs. American Revolution