Coming Soon…
• Extended Bellringer
Agenda
• Extended Bellringer
• Notes: Radicalism and Reign of Terror
• Robespierre reading p. 18
Extended Bellringer
• Explain the difference between John Locke and
Thomas Hobbes
• Define Divine Right
• Draw the estates system
• Define mercantilism
• List two reasons for the French Revolution
• Enlightenment ideas first inspired which
revolution?
• Voltaire advocated what right?
• Montesquieu's solution to tyranny was:
• What does radical mean?
• Why was the storming of the Bastille symbolic?
Revolution and Reign of Terror
Objectives
• Students will demonstrate an understanding
of how the French Revolution was radical and
the role that Robespierre played by
completing an exit ticket
Step 1: Motive
•
•
•
•
Enlightenment
Deficit spending (starvation and poverty)
Estates system unjust
American Revolution
Step 2: Opportunity
• Third estate locked out of discussion with
estates-general (tax structure)
• United in anger and frustration made Tennis
Court Oath
Step 3: Action
• Here’s where things get interesting….
The Great Fear
• Starving peasants
attacked nobles in
the street with pitch
forks and farm tools,
destroyed their
homes, stole
belongings
• Nobles freaking
Storming of the Bastille
• Bastille: French Prison where arms were also
stored
• Peasants broke down door, freed prisoners,
killed guards, stole all the weapons, paraded
down street with heads on sticks
• Now the angry, starving, poor peasants who
have been assaulting nobles have GUNS
Storming of the Bastille
Bastille Day
• July 14 is a national holiday in France similar
to July 4 in America
• We have independence day, they have Bastille
Day
• Very symbolic
March on Versailles
• Peasants took the guns they had from Bastille
and marched towards the palace of Versailles
• King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
attempted to flee France, were captured,
returned to Paris, forced to sign new
Constitution (created limited Monarchy) and
were eventually beheaded.
March on Versailles
Guillotine
 Invented by Dr. Joseph Guillotin
 Painless, humane death sentence
 Prisoners were paraded around Paris for
1.5 hours prior to beheading
 Some doctors believe the head can retain
sight and hearing for up to 15 minutes
after decapitation
Symbolism
• The dethroning and beheading of the King and
Queen of France symbolized:
– The changing of power
– Radicalism
– The force of the enlightenment
– The power of the people
Agenda
•
•
•
•
•
Bellringer
Review Questions
Vocabulary
Timeline
Declaration of Rights of Man p. 17
Review Q’s
• What were the causes of the French Revolution?
– Enlightenment, estate system, American revolution,
deficit spending
• What was the Tennis Court Oath?
– Oath taken by members of third estate to stick up for
themselves
• Who were the Jacobins?
– Political party of Robespierre wanted radical change
• What was the reign of terror?
– Time under Committee of Public Safety (Robespierre)
in which anyone deemed an enemy of revolution was
executed
Vocabulary
• Émigrés: Nobles who fled France during the Reign
of terror
• Jacobins: Political group of radicals
• Coup D’Etat: Military takeover of government
• Self-Determination: people create their own
destiny
SMART Review and Timeline
New Constitution
• National Assembly wrote Declaration of Rights of
Man and of Citizen
• Modeled after Declaration of Independence, full
of Enlightenment ideas
• Rights of liberty, property, security, and resistance
to oppression
• National slogan: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
New Ruler
• Maximillian Robespierre
Radicals Rule France
• Maximilian Robespierre-started the Committee of
Public Safety which was basically a 12 man panel
that ran the country and killed lots of people
• Jacobins-believed in eliminating social classes and
tried to give the people power
• Reign of Terror-went after people who were
against the revolution but killed more of the 3rd
estate than the 1st and 2nd estates. The Reign of
Terror became a "witch hunt." The Reign of
Terror ended with the beheading of Robespierre
Moderate Phase
• People were so tired of chaos and terror
• More than anything they craved peace and
stability
• This will usher in a very powerful new leader
who promises to restore French peace and
greatness. A true nationalist…..
Timeline of Events (So far)
Enlightenment
Robespierre
and Committee
on Public Safety
institute Reign
of Terror
American
Revolution
Louis XVI and
Marie forced
to sign
Declaration of
Rights of Man
and beheaded
3rd Estate
creates
National
Assembly
(Tennis Court
Oath)
Great Fear,
Storming of
Bastille, March
on Versailles
Robespierre Reading
• Read page 189 in packet
• Create a timeline in your notes of
Robespierre’s political life
• Show me when finished, DO NOT RIP OUT
Exit Ticket – Turn in!
• Why did peasants march to the Palace of
Versailles, attack nobles during the Great Fear,
and storm the Bastille?
• What was the significance of the beheading of
the king and queen of France?
• Who was Maximilian Robespierre?
• What was the Reign of Terror?
Agenda
•
•
•
•
Bellringer
Review Questions
Finish timeline
Read/highlight/annotate Declaration of Rights
of Man page 17
• Add index card (Robespierre)
• Magic Square p. 15
Review Questions
• Identify two causes of the French Revolution
– Enlightenment, Am. Rev, Estate system, deficit
• Who was Robespierre?
– Ruler of France (Committee on Public Safety) after Louis
XVI executed
• What was the Reign of Terror?
– Executing of anyone perceived to be a threat to revolution
• What was the Tennis Court Oath?
– Oath taken by national assembly to continue working
towards reform in France
• What was the national assembly?
– Members of third estate
• How much in taxes did the 3rd estate pay?
– 50%
Timeline
• First job today is to finish your timelines
• These will be worth 20 pts! (Quiz Grade!)
•
•
•
•
Not on task (-5)
Lack of effort (-5)
Not colorful (-5)
No name/illegible (-5)
Agenda
•
•
•
•
Bellringer
Review Questions
Magic Square Vocab activity p. 15
Read/Highlight/Annotate Declaration of Rights
of Man and of Citizen p. 17
• Robespierre Index Card
• Notes: Rise of Napoleon
• Exit Ticket
Reminders
• Quiz tomorrow
• Turn in timelines asap (if you have not
already)
Review Questions
• What is deficit spending?
– Spending more than you have (credit/loans)
• Why is the storming of the Bastille symbolic?
– Bastille was symbol of King’s strength, peasants
destroyed it
• Name two enlightenment philosophes and what
they believed in
– Locke (natural rights), Montesquieu (separation of
powers), Voltaire (speech), Rousseau (social contract)
• Name two philosophers who advocated absolute
government
– Hobbes and Machiavelli
• What was Peter the Great’s domestic policy goal?
– Modernize Russia
Magic Square
• How well do you know your vocab?
• Independently, complete the magic square
activity on page 15
• If all columns and rows add up the same
number then you have them all correct
Declaration of Rights of Man
• On page 17 of packet
• Read/highlight/annotate the document
• Identify the name of the philosophe that inspired
parts of the passage
• Students should have at least 3 annotations
• When finished – raise hand for an index card
Index Cards
• Create an index card for your people pile
• Maximilian Robespierre
• Who was he? During what event? Results?