Name: _________________________________________________________________ Block: _______ Part 3: French Revolution French Society Divided ___________ Estate – ______________ o Had most of the ______________ o Paid ________________________ ___________ Estate – ______________ o Held _____________________________________________________________________ o Paid ________________________ ___________ Estate – __________________________ o Social order within the Third Estate . _______________________ (boor-zhwah-zee) Bankers, merchants, manufacturers, lawyers, doctors, journalists, and professors . _______________________ __________________________- Agricultural (______________) __________________________- __________________ of the Third Estate o Apprentices, Journeymen, servants, stable hands, construction workers, street sellers • Review: What is an Absolute Monarchy? • A: Kings or Queens that held __________ of the power within their borders. • Review: What did Monarchs believe about their power? • A: Kings and Queens believed that God ___________________ the monarchy. • A: Monarchs also believed that _____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________. • Called the “_________________________________________” • This is what gave them all of their power. The Rise of Absolute Monarchy in France Henry IV becomes King of France in 1589 o This begins the _________________________________ . There is conflict between ______________________ and _____________________ Nobles are people of __________________________ o Henry begins creating a government centered around ____________________________ . He was _________________________ in 1610 Louis XIII becomes king at the age of ______ after his father Henry’s death o Cardinal Richelieu runs the country till Louis comes of age o During his reign he consolidated and ______________________________ the kings power . Louis XIII dies in 1643 Louis XIV became king of France at ______ years old when his father died o He grew to ______________________ because of the riots that tore France apart during his childhood . Stripped all ______________________________ from nobles and ______________ ____________________________________________________________________ o “L’ètat, e’est moi” . “I am the state” Louis’ view was that he and the state were one in the same . He became the most __________________________ in French history Nicknamed “_______________________” because he thought himself greater than the sun o King Louis XIV left France with a lot of _____________ . Still spent lavishly Began taxing ___________ and ___________ to pay for his spending o They _________________ giving up their exemption o Louis XIV died in 1715 after _______ years in power . People in France ________________ when it was announced!! o Mixed Legacy . Positive: France ranked above all other European nations in __________________ ____________________. Also considered the _____________________ of Europe . Negative: Constant ______________ & the construction of a _______________ at Versailles put France into ______________________. Plus the ________________ were burdened by ______________________. King Louis XV takes power in 1715 at the age of five. o Ran up ______________________________ than King Louis XIV o Died in 1774 after _______ years in power! Louis Auguste was born in 1754 as the ____________ heir to the French throne. o Married ____________________________________ at 15 years old o Father (first French heir) died when Louis was 11. o Crowned as _________________________ in 1774 after his grandfather, Louis XV, died. Had been taught to appear _________________ and _________________________ to __________________________________________________________________ . Took over a country in _________________________________________________ . Began as a ______________ and ________________________king o Hired a ________________________ . Advised to ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ______________ and _____________ had him _________________________ The Estates-General A legislative body with ______________________ from each of the three estates Summoning the Estates-General o As the financial crisis worsened, members of the clergy and nobility urged King Louis XVI to _______________________________________________________________________ . This had not been done for nearly _______________________! Louis XVI summoned the Estates-General in 1788 o Kept the _______________________ as they had in 1614 . __________ and __________ Estates wore their _____________________________ __________ Estate wore __________________________________________ . Questions on ____________________________________ Unfair to the ___________ Estate The Third Estate Rises o Unhappy with the Estates-General . Declared themselves the “National Assembly” The Oath King Louis XVI had the Chamber doors ___________ so that the ________ Estate could not meet o Members felt this was a _____________________________________________________ Met on a ______________________ near the _________________________________________ o Signed an __________ to never ______________________ until ___________ were made o Ultimately wanted a ____________________________________ for France King Louis XVI ____________ the First and Second Estates to ________ the Third Estate in the ___________________________________. The Storming of the Bastille What was the Bastille? o It was a _______________ used by King Louis XVI as a ____________ Members of the ___________ Estate demanded to King Louis XVI that they be given __________ _______________________________________________________________________________ o Feared that the King was _______________________________ . They needed to ___________ themselves Took _____________ from a _______________________________________ o Still needed _________________________ o The Bastille housed _________________________________________________________ . Seen as a symbol of the ___________________________________ . Also had a lot of gunpowder…they thought… July 14th, 1789 o ________________________ marched to the front of the Bastille and asked for ________ _________________________________________________________________________ . They were __________________. o They _______________________ the barrier and _____________________ of the Bastille while ____________________________________________________________________. o The importance of July 14th . This is seen as the day France ____________________________________________ from the Monarchies. Celebrated each year o Much like the US’s July 4th Writing: Imagine that you are a member of the Third Estate. Write a letter to a loved one telling of the wonderful day that the Bastille had been taken from the King. The End of the Monarchy: The ______________________ – many commoners believed the King had sent _________________ to _____________ those in the ____________________ and _______________________________. o Peasants became _____________ by ______________________ and attacking store owners. Many in the Third Estate were ___________________________ Marquis de Lafayette o Fought with George Washington in the American Revolution o Became leader of the ________________________________ . The National Guard was a __________________________ to oppose the Royal Troops. “Feudalism is Dead!” o August 4th, 1789 . ____________ agree to give up _________________________________ in a vote with National Assembly. (Hunting Rights, Tax Exemption, special legal status) . “The __________________________________________________________________” Document written by the National Assembly Modeled after the US’s ______________________________________________ o “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” o “These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.” Declared ________ male citizens _____________ under the law o People would be ___________ according to their ____________________. “_________________________________________________” o Slogan of the French Revolution o Blue, White, and Red on the French Flag signify this saying. Women’s March on Versailles ____________ women were angry at Marie Antoinette for her ______________________________ while the ___________ were ____________________. o Believed she was __________________________________ in the palace Shouted “______________” as they marched from Paris to Versailles . (Marie Antoinette never said “Let them eat cake!”) o Demanded that the King, Queen, and son travel back to Paris . Louis and Marie are now basically __________________ in their own palace in Paris. The Constitution of 1791 Set up a _____________________________________ _____________________________ could make _______, collect _________, and _______ on issues All _____________________________________ over _____ years old could _________ in elections Ended ____________________________________________________________________________ o Put the power back in citizens hands (for now) Revolution Turns Radical The Legislative Assembly ________________ ____________ of money _____________; ______________________________ o Caused ______________________________________________________________________ Rise of the __________________________________________ (sanz koo lahts) o Means “without breeches” o Demanded a ____________________________ . Supported by the Jacobins Middle-Class lawyers and intellectuals