Mini project: Reforming France

No Real Plan Revolutionaries seized Louis XVI and the royal family. The National Assembly had to create a government that would be strong to handle enemies from outside and counter-revolutionaries inside. It still had the economic and health problems of the old France to deal with.

Political Strains Radical French leftists wanted to remove the king Sans-cullotes (laborers, peasants) Jacobins (middle class lawyers/professionals) Girondists (middle class lawyers/professionals, opposed the Jacobins) wanted to remove the king and arrest the rich (take their property to improve the economy and give to the lower classes.).

National Assembly Actions and Reforms— Mini-project: You are the French National Assembly (divide into four committees: find how the National Assembly dealt with each issue—ten minutes) You will research (7 min) Write your individual findings on a separate piece of paper Put your name on that paper to turn in later. You will prepare your sheet 8 min) Put your committee’s actions on a piece of poster paper. Your committee topic Your committee statements/reforms Write the page number (s) you found the information on.

Action Committees Committee on What to do about the Aristocrats: 5 as assigned Committee on Writing the Declaration of the Rights of Man: 6 Committee on What to do about the Church: 3 Committee on Government Reform: 9

Goal of the National Assembly Create a complete list of what the French Revolutionary Government would do about France…..

Answers: Aristocrats Committee: Removed privileges of the aristocrats. Lose hunting rights, must pay taxes, no manorial dues not above the law Page(s)? 115

Answers: Declaration Committee: Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen: All men are born and remain free and equal in rights They enjoy rights to liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. Government exists to protect the rights of citizens. Any free man can hold public office. Religious freedom. Taxes paid according to ability to pay. Page(s)? 115-6 (more on p. 120)

Answers: Church Committee The Catholic Church Put under state, not Rome’s (pope’s), control. Nationalized convents and monasteries Bishops and priests were elected and paid government salaries Page(s)? 117 EC: How did this turn more people, including revolutionaries, against the revolution? Many who supported the revolution, were angered with the takeover of the Church. This reduced popular support of the revolution.

Answers: Government Committee A constitution was written, 1791— Limited monarchy Legislative Assembly Make laws Collect taxes Decide issues of war and peace Lawmakers would be elected Tax-paying males 25 and older can vote Country divided into 83 equal administrative departments Courts reformed Laws reformed Page(s)? 117-8