The Fren c h Revo l ut i o n

Alyssa Sadowski and Nikki Voto

Map
01 What caused the 04 The desired
revolution? outcome vs what
really happened.

02 Who was involved? 05 What significant

events occurred?

03 Why is the revolution

important?
 Causes
What induced the
French
Revolution?
 Reasons Events

● Unhappiness stemming Events like the

Enlightenment and the
from high taxes
American Revolution
● Inflation sparked the idea for the
French to revolt. The
● Bad rulers Enlightenment brought
● Racial hierarchies new ideas like democracy
and the American people
● Social inequalities succeeded in their own
goal of freedom through
the American Revolution.
Involvement
Who was engrossed
in the French
Revolution?
 People Aggressors

● Marquis de Lafayette
○ Led the French forces when
King Louis XVI and Marie
they assisted the Americans Antoinette were in
during the American Revolution
● Louis XVI power. Along with the
○ King that that citizens were rest of the monarchy,
rebelling against
○ Executed in 1793 by the people they did not care about
● Marie Antoinette the French citizens,
○ Wife to King Louis
○ Symbol of the royalty’s luxury specifically the
●
○ Executed in 1793 by the people
Antoine Louis
lower-class citizens.
○ Inventor of the guillotine Those citizens
The guillotine became the
○
primary symbol of the Reign of eventually rebelled
Terror against the monarchy.
● Napoleon Bonaparte
○ General during the Revolution
○ Rose to power and was the
first emperor of France
Importance
Why is the French
Revolution
significant?
Lessons for the Future

● Feudal systems don’t work :|

● Don’t make incredibly high taxes

● Choose a good leader

● Racial hierarchies never end well

● Do what is best for the people,

not the government
Outcomes
What was the
desired result
and the real
result?
 Occurrence Desired Result Real Result

The French ● Put an end to the ● End of the French

monarchy was monarchy
French monarchy
not treating ● The French Catholic
their subjects ● Feudalism Church was almost
completely demolished
well. Because
● Take political ● Ideology of
of this, the
nationalism and
people rebelled power away from liberalism was spread
against their Inspired the Haitain
rulers. the Catholic ●
Revolution
Church ● Led to the first
democratic government
in Europe
● Led to the rise of
Napoleon
 Events
What significant
events occurred?
 Important Dates
The Third Estate formally adopted
the title of National Assembly;
three days later, they met in a
nearby indoor tennis court and took
the Tennis Court Oath, vowing not to
disperse until constitutional reform
had been achieved.
The document proclaimed the
Assembly’s commitment to replace
the ancient regime with a system
based on equal opportunity, freedom
of speech, popular sovereignty and
representative government.

Rise of the Tennis The Bastille & Declaration Reign of

Third Estate Court Oath Great Fear of Rights Terror
1789 1789 1789 1789 1793

The Third Estate Rioters stormed the Bastille fortress in an A 10-month period
(middle class) began to attempt to secure gunpowder and weapons. in which suspected
mobilize support for & enemies of the
equal representation The agrarian insurrection hastened the growing revolution were
and wanted voting by exodus of nobles from the country and inspired guillotined by the
head and not by status. the National Assembly to abolish feudalism. thousands.
 Connections

● Civilian unrest had reached its max and newly imposed taxes were the
tipping point.
● The Third Estate decided to band together to fix the problem and made
their title, the National Assembly, official in 1789.
● Enthusiastic about the recent breakdown of power, Parisians grew
worried as rumors of a military coup began to circulate. Rioters
stormed the Bastille, not only to get ammunition and arms, but
because it was a symbol of the monarchy’s tyranny.
● News of the riots quickly swept the countryside. Peasants looted and
burned the houses of tax collectors, landlords, and the elites in an
act of revolution against years of exploitation.
● The Declaration of Rights was a statement of democratic principles
grounded in philosophical and political ideas brought about by the
Enlightenment.
● In an act of suspicion and instability, the National Assembly took
harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the
Revolution.
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