World History Class January 8, 2009

January 8, 2009

Thomas Jefferson was an unapologetic slave owner. He was also our third president.

Does one cancel out the other? For example, should Jefferson

be taken off the nickel?

WARNING!

You need to get me any missing work

by tomorrow.

Homework

Would you allow the Guillotine in the

USA? Why or why not?

The French Revolution

• Remember the King and the National Assembly were at an impasse.

• They were going to fight.

Jacques Necker• French finance

minister• Tried to get the King

to live on a budget• The King fired him • The mob took this to

mean that the King was going to attack the National Assembly

The Storming of the Bastille

• It was a fortress / prison in Paris.

• On July 14, 1789, a mob storms the Bastille, releasing a few prisoners and seizing weapons.

The King backs down

• The King loses a lot of power

• The people revolt• They more or less

abolish feudalism themselves

The Declaration of the rights of man

• Modeled after the Declaration of Independence

• It grants people rights• Freedom of the press• Freedom of speech• It limits the power of

the King

THE GUILLOTINE

• A method of execution

• Used by the revolutionary government

• They used it to execute a lot of nobles

They killed the King

• Louis XVI was killed in 1793

• His wife, Marie Antoinette, was also killed

Classwork

Connect to today p. 659 #1, Main idea A p. 657,

Main Idea C p. 660