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 ____________.