Louis XVI summons Estates General
(May 1789)
Abbe Sieyes encourages National Assembly
Tennis Court Oath
Road to
Revolution
(June 1789)
Storming of the Bastille
The Great Fear
(July 14th
1789)
(August 1789)
Women Storm Versailles
(October 1789)
Revolution sets Goals
July 14th, 1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man
1789
• Document that outlines rights of French Citizens
• Created by the National Assembly
• Influenced by the Enlightenment & the
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Rights of Man
• “men are born and remain free
and equal in rights”
• “Aim of Government must be to
preserve these “natural rights”
1789
U.S. Declaration of Independence
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands
which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and
equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions
of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights,
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent
of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of
these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute
new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers
in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
National Assembly 1789
• Attempts to calm the Great Fear
• Nobles “renounce their feudal rights”
– August 4th, 1789
– The Old Regime is DEAD!
• A new constitution to reform France is the primary goal
– Critical thinking: What form of government will be best? Stable?
Legislative Assembly
1791
• Formed by National Assembly in 1791under a
new constitution
• Had the power to pass laws & approve or
prevent war the king declared
• Louis XVI loses most of his power
How to Rebuild France?
Legislative
Assembly
Reform France Handout
Video Summary
What are Political Parties
Factions of the Legislative Assembly
Radicals
Moderates
Conservatives
Reading #2
Factions of the Legislative Assembly
Radicals
Opposed King
& Monarchy
Demanded a
Republic
Moderates
Favored some
Changes
Conservatives
Favored a
limited monarchy
Legislative Assembly
Declares War on Austria
• Radicals wanted to expand French Revolution to
all of Europe
• Austria & Prussia thought it could help Louis XVI
– warned France NOT to hurt the KING