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What were the
key events of
1791?
KI2: The Revolution 1789-1792.
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How significant were
the events of 1791?
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Monday, 13 April 2015
Monday, 13 April 2015
Session Aims
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• Review events of 1791.
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• Understand the events
surrounding the flight to
Varennes
• Investigate the
significance of this event
Events of 1789.
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Passive citizens
Patente, contribution fonciere, mobiliere
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Le Chapelier law
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assignats
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Non-juring priests
Taxation & finance
Economy
Legal reforms
Church
The Constitution
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Local Government
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Reform programme of the National Assembly
Principles of reform?
The principle of wealth
• Local government officials elected
Under the constitution active citizens were
elected
• Magistrates and judges were elected
• Clergy were to be elected
• Voting qualifications were based on
wealth
• Only the very rich bourgeoisie could
become Deputies to the Assembly.
• Wealth ensured that the
bourgeoisie and the peasants could
“buy in” to the Revolution through
the purchase of Church lands.
• The Declaration of Rights which
underpinned the reforms stated
• There was to be equality before the law
with the abolition of ecclesiastical and
seigneural courts.
• There was to be equality of taxation with
the introduction of the new land tax that
was to be paid by all and based on land
values.
• There was to be equality in the payment of
salaries to the clergy as great discrepancies
of wealth were evened out.
The principle of meritocracy
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The principle of equality
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The principle of election
• Officials were elected to local
government based on merit
• Judges were to be elected based on
their merits – their amount of
experience
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 The change in the relationship between
Church & State; the Church becomes
subservient to the State.
 The change in the position of the King; he
becomes a constitutional monarch.
 The rise of the Bourgeoisie.
 The fear of the mob.
 The loyalty of the peasants to the Revolution.
 The crisis over the Civil Constitution of the
Clergy which splits France.
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Some reflections on the
reforms
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the apprehension of Louis XVI at
Varennes
Was the Flight to Varennes significant?
The French Revolution-Controversy
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140 characters,
including
spaces
and grammar
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Read through the account of the flight, 140 characters,
tweet the Flight to Varennes
Effect
The French Revolution-Controversy
Major Event
The Flight
to
Varennes
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Causes
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Root Causes
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Task
Write 5 facts from the video about The Flight to
Varennes
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5mKZtMc2ng&feature=related