What’s this political cartoon showing? The French Revolution BIG Idea: In 1789, Enlightenment...
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What’s this political cartoon showing?
What’s this political cartoon showing? The French Revolution BIG Idea: In 1789, Enlightenment ideas and poor living conditions led the lower and middle
The French Revolution BIG Idea: In 1789, Enlightenment ideas
and poor living conditions led the lower and middle classes to
question absolute monarchy and feudal privilege. By Sam Irving
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1 st Estate: Clergy 1% of the population. 1% of the population.
Paid no taxes. Paid no taxes. Collected a tithe, or tax, from
church-goers. Collected a tithe, or tax, from church-goers.
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2 nd Estate: Nobility 2% of the population. 2% of the
population. Paid no taxes. Paid no taxes. Collected feudal dues
from peasants. Collected feudal dues from peasants.
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3 rd Estate: Everyone Else 97% of the population. 97% of the
population. Peasants, urban poor, and the Bourgeoisie
(Middle-Class). Peasants, urban poor, and the Bourgeoisie
(Middle-Class). Paid taxes. Paid taxes. Had few rights or
privileges. Had few rights or privileges.
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Now can you guess whos who & what the stone
symbolizes?
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Economic Crisis Kings lavish spending and support for the
American Revolution indebted France. Kings lavish spending and
support for the American Revolution indebted France. Crop failure
in 1788-89 caused a bread shortage. Crop failure in 1788-89 caused
a bread shortage. Privileged classes refused to pay taxes.
Privileged classes refused to pay taxes.
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Estates General French Legislature French Legislature 1 vote
per Estate 1 vote per Estate Who wouldnt be happy about this?
Tennis Court Oath: 3 rd Estate rejects the Estates-General and vows
to write a constitution. Tennis Court Oath: 3 rd Estate rejects the
Estates-General and vows to write a constitution.
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Call to Arms 1789 July 14 th, Angry mob attacks a Paris prison
called the Bastille. July 14 th, Angry mob attacks a Paris prison
called the Bastille. Peasants in the countryside destroy feudal
records. Peasants in the countryside destroy feudal records.
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King Louis XVI: Is it a revolt? Answer: No, sire. It is a
revolution.
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Womens March to Versailles for bread and Marie Antoinette's
head. Return to Paris with the royal family as captives.
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Revolutionary Govt 1791 Enlightenment-influenced
Enlightenment-influenced Equality for men Free Speech Republic:
Elected leaders Republic: Elected leaders Killed King Louis XVI in
1792. Ended Feudalism. Ended Feudalism.
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War Abroad European monarchs viewed the revolution as a threat
to their authority. European monarchs viewed the revolution as a
threat to their authority. Led to war in 1792 How was it a threat?
How does this image portray the revolutionaries?
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Reign of Terror 1793-94 M. Robespierre: revolutionary leader
who feared opposition at home. M. Robespierre: revolutionary leader
who feared opposition at home. 40,000 beheaded on the guillotine.
40,000 beheaded on the guillotine.guillotine Enlightened
executions
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Revolutions often eat their own.
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Robespierre executed. Robespierre executed. Inept revolutionary
government was overthrown by French general Napoleon in 1799. Inept
revolutionary government was overthrown by French general Napoleon
in 1799.
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Questions and Summary On your own. Ill grade based upon effort.
On your own. Ill grade based upon effort. Two higher-level
questions. Two higher-level questions. Well thought-out summary.
Well thought-out summary.
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Assignment: Comparing Revolutionary Documents ELT: Give
examples of how philosophical beliefs influenced society ELT: Give
examples of how philosophical beliefs influenced society Compare
documents from the American and French revolutions to find
Enlightenment ideas. Compare documents from the American and French
revolutions to find Enlightenment ideas.
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Works Cited A contemporary cartoon showing a peasant crushed by
the levies which the monarchy. Private collection. Web. Web. 24
Nov. 2009.. Cruikshank, George. The Radical's Arms. 1819. Private
collection. Web. Web. 24 Nov. 2009.. Farah, Mounir A., and Andrea
B. Karls. World History The Human Experience. New York:
Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 1999. 558-83. Print. French guillotine blade
falls and executes person. Private collection. Web. Web. 24 Nov.
2009.. Giljotina. Private collection. Web. Web. 24 Nov. 2009..
Guillotine Animation. Private collection. Web. Web. 24 Nov. 2009.
Guillotine Head Cut Off. Private collection. Web. Web. 24 Nov.
2009..
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Houel, Jean-Pierre L. Prise de la Bastille. 1789. Bibliothque
Nationale Franaise. Web. Web. 24 Nov. 2009. Man With Empty Pockets.
Private collection. Web. Web. 24 Nov. 2009.. Robespierre. Private
collection. Web. Web. 24 Nov. 2009.. The execution of Robespierre.
Private collection. Web. Web. 24 Nov. 2009.. They Eat Their Own.
Private collection. Web. Web. 24 Nov. 2009.. Tussaud, Marie.
Tussaud's Famous Death Masks. Madame Tussaud's, London. Web. Web.
24 Nov. 2009.. Women's March on Versailles. Private collection.
Web. Web. 23 Nov. 2009..