CST Review
Day 3
World History
American Revolution
French Revolution
Principle
Definition
US Constitution
Today
Federalism
National government
and state government
share power
50 states overlap with
the federal
government
Come up with an
example with a
person around you…
Separation of Powers
Government roles are
divided among
difference branches,
with no one branch
holding all the power
3 branches
Where else can this
be seen? Come up
with an example with
a person around you…
Popular Sovereignty
The government gets
its authority from the
people and reflects
their will
“we the people”
Where else have we
seen this? Come up
with an example with
a person around you.
Individual Rights
Liberties and
privileges are
guaranteed to each
citizen
The Bill of Rights
What organization is
supposed to protect
rights worldwide?
Clergy
Nobility
Peasants
The Clergy
Nobles
The peasants
Causes
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Social Inequality (the Estates)
Enlightenment (American Revolution)
Weak Leadership (Louis XVI)
Economic Crisis (TAXES!!!)
Estates-General
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May 5, 1789
Delegates meet in Versailles
The King suggests taxing the 2nd Estate
Each estate counts as 1 vote
3rd estate, although over 90% of the
population will be out voted...
Creation of the
National Assembly
• June 17, 1789
• 3rd Estate delegates, mostly bourgeoisie,
whose inspired by the Enlightenment
• Creating a new government
• Proclaiming an end to the absolute monarchy
• Representative government
Tennis Court Oath
• June 20, 1789
• After being locked out of the Estates-General
meeting met on a tennis court
• Pledge to stay until a new constitution was
created
Storming the Bastille
• July 14, 1789
• Official start of the French Revolution
• Violent popular protest
Great Fear
• July-August 1789
• Peasants fearing noble retaliation
• Riots
Declaration of the Rights of Man and
of the Citizen
• August 26, 1789
• Influenced the the Declaration of
Independence
• Guaranteeing rights and liberties
March on Versailles
• October 4-5 1789
• Angry women
• Storm the palace and take the king “prisoner”
Execution of the King
• Attempts to flee the country (June 1790)
• Power and authority suspended
• New Constitution (1791)
• King reluctantly approves
• Later in the year, Louis is stripped of power
• After a trail, Louis is found guilty of conspiring against
the government and is beheaded
Reign of Terror
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July 1993-July 1794
Maximilien Robespierre takes control
Committee of Public Safety
Guillotine
Killing anyone against the revolution
As many as 40,000 executed, of those 85%
were peasants.
End of the Revolution
• July 1794,Robespierre killed and the French
Revolution ends
• 1975, moderates draft a new constitution (the
3rd since 1789)
• Directory
• Corrupt
• Still no security!!!
Napoleon
• 1795 leading the French Army against
enemies, gaining fame and favor amongst the
French people
• 1799--Coup d’Etat
• Bringing security and some the ideals of the
French Revolution
French Revolution
Injustice
1st: Estate clergy
2nd Estate: Nobility
3rd Estate: peasants
Revolution
Repression
•Tennis Court Oath
•National Assembly
Uprising
Storming the Bastille
Why?
Leader?
Napoleon
Prince
-redistribute land and put
governments in place
Klemens von Metternich
Congress of
Vienna
Goal?
Balance of Power
Legacy?
Monarchs returned
to power
Talk a Mile a Minute
• Designate someone as the talker
• The other members in the group are guessers
• The talker will give clues/cues to help the
guessers guess the terms
Causes of the French Revolution
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Debit
Enlightenment
Estates
Weak leadership
Louis XVI (16th)
Marie Antoinette
Events of the French Revolution
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Tennis Court Oath
Bastille
Declaration of the Rights of Men
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Reign of Terror
Guillotine
Effects of the French Revolution
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Napoleon
Coup d'état
Congress of Vienna
Restore the balance of power
Reinstated monarchs