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The French Revolution, 1789 - 1814: Moderate Stage. AP European History Androstic 2013-2013. Overview. The French Revolution is one of the transformational events in European history - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The French Revolution, 1789 - 1814:Moderate Stage
AP European HistoryAndrostic2013-2013
OverviewThe French Revolution is one of the transformational events in European historyIt signals the end of the Ancien Regime and the arrival of the issues that are going to dominate Europe for the two centuriesTopics
Background to the RevolutionRevolution
Background to the Revolution
The Three EstatesClergyNobility
Bourgeoisie, Artisans, Peasantry
1%5%
94%
Palmer, Section 41, S.G. #2
Agrarian System• Peasantry• Rights of the
lord– Hunting rights– Banalities– Police– Property fees
• 40% of land owned by peasants
Palmer, Section 41, S.G. #1
Revolution
Financial Crisis
Charles Alexandre de Calonne
• Debt• Revenue
shortfalls• Failure of the
Maupeou parlements
• Calonne plan
Palmer, Section 42, S.G. #1
Estates General• Structure• Cahiers de
Doleances• Meeting
National Assembly
Tennis Court Oath
Palmer, Section 42, S.G. #2
Problems of the Peasantry
Poor Harvest in 1788 caused a rise in bread pricesEffect of the National Assembly
Palmer, Section 41, S.G. #3
Storming of the Bastille
July 14, 1789
Great Fear of 1789
Reforms of the National Assembly
JacobinsAbolished the guildsDeclaration of the Rights of Man
Palmer, Section 42, S.G. #3
March on Versailles
Civil Constitution of 1790
Bishops electedToleration of all faithsNo papal authoritySalaried from the stateThe pope repudiated all of this!
Palmer, Section 42, S.G. #6b
Constitution of 1791• Unicameral
legislature• Weak king• Abolished provinces &
established departments
• Constituent Assembly disbands
Palmer, Section 42, S.G. #5
Flight to Varennes
International Impact of the Revolution
Edmund Burke, 1729 - 1797
Other states slow to respondConservative reaction
Palmer, Section 43, S.G. #1
The Coming of War
Emperor Leopold II
King Frederick William II of Prussia
• Arrest of the King!
• Declaration of Pillnitz
• Enraged the French & they declared war on Austria
Palmer, Section 43, S.G. #2
SummaryThe first phase of the revolution began over debt problems of the government, but as the French government tried to fix that problem, resentments of the old regime explodedThe revolutionaries in this phase were filled with Enlightenment ideas and tried to create a constitutional monarchy based on those ideas