National assembly How did the relationship between the French people and the king change in the early stages of the Revolution?  

Powers of the king Describe the relationship between the French people and king Louis XVI before the French Revolution. What rights and powers did the king have? What rights and powers did the people have?

July 1789: The Citizens of France stormed the Bastille (video start-5:00) 1.Why was the Bastille attacked? 2.How did the King react to Bastille being attacked? 3. When the revolutionaries attacked the Bastille, they killed royal troops and destroyed the prison that was used to hold people who spoke out against the king. How does this reflect a change in the relationship between the French people and the king?

August 1789: The Decree Abolishing the Feudal System is issued (video 0:38-1:31) 1. What was the feudal system? Why would the National Assembly want to abolish it? 2. What influence from the Enlightenment Thinkers is present in Article III? Which thinker influenced the rights described? 3. What issues in pre-revolutionary France might Article V help address? How? 4. According to Article XVII, what did National Assembly think of the king in 1789?

5. How did the Decree Abolishing Feudalism change the relationships between the Third Estate and the nobility and clergy? 6. According to the Decree Abolishing Feudalism, describe the relationship between the French people and the king in 1789.

August 1789: The National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen 1. How is this idea represented in Article 3 different than the divine right to rule that absolute monarchs like Louis XVI used to justify their power? 2.In Article 6, the document states: “All citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, are equally eligible to all dignities and to all public positions and occupations, according to their abilities, and without distinction except that of their virtues and talents.” Paraphrase the meaning of this statement, and speculate as to whom it was likely directed.

August 1789: The National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen 3. Identify two examples of influences from the Enlightenment in this document. 4. What do you think the National Assembly hoped to achieve by writing and issuing this document? 5. What do you think the National Assembly hoped to achieve by writing and issuing this document?

he Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen (September 1791) 1. In your own words, paraphrase the message conveyed in the opening paragraph of the Preamble. 2. De Gouges echoes article three from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, writing that “sovereignty rests essentially in the nation…” How does she define “the nation?”

3. In article six, why does the author use the words "citizenesses?” 4. According to article 16, "the constitution is null and void if the majority of individuals composing the nation has not cooperated in its drafting." Who are the individuals who compose the nation? What does this quote mean? 5. What do you think Olympe de Gouges hoped to achieve by writing and issuing this document?

October 1789: Women from Paris marched to the Palace at Versailles, captured Louis XVI and his family, and forced them to come to Paris. 1.Why did the women (and men) march from Paris to Versailles? 2.What were king Louis XVI and his family forced to do as a result of the march? 3. How did the Women’s March on Versailles and the forced removal of the royal family to Paris change the relationship between the French people and the king?

September 1791: The Constitution of 1791 is issued 1. Which Enlightenment philosopher most influenced this document? What is his idea called? 2. When the National Assembly creates a law, who has the power to approve it? 3. According to the Constitution of 1791, what role does the King have in the government?

Closing: How did the relationship between the people and the king change?