1. THE ESTATES-GENERAL TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

2. THE ESTATES-GENERAL THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THINK WHY DID KING LOUIS XVI SUMMON THE ESTATES- GENERAL? (May 1789 – Versailles, France) WHAT WAS THE ESTATES-GENERAL? WHAT WAS THE ESTATES-GENERAL?

3. THE ESTATES-GENERAL THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THINK WHAT PROBLEMS OCCURRED AT THE ESTATES- GENERAL? (Why was there resentment between the Estates?) What was the MAIN ISSUE at the Estates-General? What was the MAIN ISSUE at the Estates-General? 1.) Constitutional Monarchy 2.) Clergy, Nobility & Taxation * Voting System – Representation

4. TENNIS COURT OATH THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THINK “How did the Third Estate react at the Estates- General?” (Versailles, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, TENNIS COURT OATH) FIRST ACT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION! * * (June 1789) FIRST ACT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION! * * (June 1789)

5. STORMING THE BASTILLE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION * After the Tennis Court Oath, KING LOUIS XVI prepared to use force against Third Estate… Parisians gathered outside the BASTILLE – RABBLE RABBLE! Parisians gathered outside the BASTILLE – RABBLE RABBLE! What do they do? HOLY COW! What do they do? HOLY COW!

6. STORMING THE BASTILLE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

7. THE GREAT FEAR THE FRENCH REVOLUTION * Revolutionary sentiment, anger & violence spread throughout the Parisian countryside… Peasants revolted against contractual obligations! Peasants revolted against contractual obligations!