3.2 Notes THE FRENCH REVOLUTION UNFOLDS
Dec 31, 2015
3.2 Notes
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION UNFOLDS
I. POLITICAL CRISIS LEADS TO REVOLT
National Assembly (1789-1791) the 1st and moderate phase of the French Revolution
1789 there was a terrible famine in addition to the other problems
Great Fear- a time when rumors of attacks set off a panic and revolts Peasants set fire to noble manor
houses and stole grain
II. PARIS COMMUNE COMES TO POWER
Marquis de Lafayette “hero of two worlds” led a National Guard
Paris Commune- took over Paris, could mobilize people to protest or riots
QUESTIONS
What caused French Peasants to revolt against the nobles?
The Peasants revolted because…
III. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ACTS
Some more reform minded clergy and nobles joined the National Assembly
Nobles vote to end their own special privileges
Felt they already had lost them because of revolts
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen- based on the Dec. of Independence
All men equal under the law
Natural rights
Olympe de Gouges- resented women not being included
QUESTIONS
Why did the nobles willingly vote to end their privileges?
The nobles ended their privileges because they thought it would end the __________ ______________.
How is the Dec. of Rights of Man an Enlightenment Idea?
It is an enlightenment idea because it achieves ____________ under the ______.
IV. WOMEN MARCH ON VERSAILLES
King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, still led a life of luxury
Women upset with bread prices marched on the palace of Versailles to see the King
They demanded the King return with them to Paris
QUESTIONS
Why were the women of Paris so angry?
The women of Paris were angry because …
V. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESSES ONWARD
Church is placed under state control
Constitution of 1791-
Limited monarchy
Legislative assembly
Elected lawmakers
Louis and Marie try to escape in 1791
Made him look like a traitor to the revolution
VI. RULERS SPREAD FEAR OF REVOLUTION
Other European Nobles saw the revolution as the “French Plague”
Cut off borders
Emigres- nobles who had fled France
Declaration of Pilnitz- King of Prussia and Emperor of Austria threatened the French if they harmed the king or queen
QUESTION
Why did other rulers see the French as having a “plague”
Other rulers saw the French as having a plague because they feared that it would…
VII. RADICALS TAKE OVER
Legislative Assembly ruled for less than a year
Economic crisis
Food shortages
Sans-culottes- working men
They demanded a republic
Jacobins- middle class who also wanted a republic
These radical groups declare “war on tyranny”
Declare war on Austria and then later Prussia and Britain
QUESTIONS
Why are the Sans-culottes and the Jacobins “radical”
They are radical because the both believe France should have a _____________, rather than the traditional ____________.