1. French Revolution Begins
Chapter 3 Section 2

2. Focus Question
What political and social reforms did the National Assembly institute in the 1st stage of the French Revolution?

3. Political crisis leads to revolt
The Great Fear
Inflamed by famine and rumors: Nobles and armies steal peasant grain/crops, attacking villages
Peasant fury unleashed on nobles: Peasants set fire to manor records and stole grain

4. Political crisis leads to revolt cont.
Factions and Communes
Factions compete to gain power
Marquis de Lafayette headed National Guard, mostly middle class militia, as response to royal army in Paris.
Paris commune replaces royalist local government and mobilizes neighborhoods to protest

5. The National Assembly acts
Special privilege ends (Aug. 4, 1789)
Nobles vote to end their own privileges, ending feudalism. (hunting rights, manor dues, legal status, and tax exemptions)
Declaration of the Rights of Man (late in Aug. 1789)
Modeled on the American Declaration of Independence
All male citizens were equal before the law

6. National Assembly Acts Cont.
Women March on Versailles (Oct. 5, 1789)
Anger at Marie Antoinette’s Extravagant life style
Demand that the king return to Paris
The royal family went back with the women to Paris, where they spent the next 3 years.

7. The National Assembly presses onward
The Church is placed under state control
Civil Constitution of the Clergy: papal authority ends, dissolves convents and monasteries
Angry reaction by bishops, priests, pope, and French peasants (peasant reaction in provinces was bad).

8. The National Assembly presses onward
The Constitution of 1791 establishes a new government
Replaces absolute monarchy with limited monarchy.
Reflects Enlightenment goals
Louis’ escape fails (June 1791)
Royal family attempts disguised escape across the border
Louis’ escape attempt makes him a traitor to the revolution

9. Radicals take over Rulers fear spread of revolution
European rulers increase border patrols to stop “French Plague”
Fears fueled by stories from émigrés
Threats come from Abroad
King of Prussia and Emperor of Austria issue the Declaration of Pilnitz (Aug. 1791)
Revolutionaries in France Prepare for War

10. Radicals Take over Radicals Declare War (Oct. 1791)
Newly elected Legislative Assembly survives less than a year
San-culottes and Jacobins demand a republic
The National Assembly declares war on Tyranny
Radicals gain upper hand in Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria, Prussia, and Great Britain.

11. Peasants or Sans-Culottes

12. Middle Class and Nobles

13. Middle Class and Nobles