1. FEB. 2, 2017 Get out stuff for notes Events of French Revolution
HW: vocab due 2/17

2. Initial Reforms Abolishment of Old Regime and its “privileged” estates
Separation of Church and state
Sold Church lands to pay off debt
Movement to more representative govts.
Goes through 5 govts. in 10 years
Declaration of the Rights of Men and the Citizen (1789)
Document defining individual and collective rights of French citizens

3. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Included rights to “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression”
Ended privileges for first two estates such as exemption from taxes
Women were left out of the Declaration

4. Division within new govt.
Radicals: wanted to drastically change the government, no monarchy
Moderates: wanted some change, but not as drastically as radicals
Conservatives: wanted few changes, wanted to keep limited monarchy

5. Émigrés Sans-Culottes Jacobins
Those who had fled France, wished to restore Old Regime, conservative, royalists
Sans-Culottes
Radicals from the lower class, militant and violent
Jacobins
Radical, middle class, left-wing, implemented the Reign of Terror, somewhat supported the Sans-culottes

6. International Conflict
France declares war on Prussia and Austria in April 1792
Monarchs of Prussia and Austria wanted to reinstate monarchy
Britain, the Netherlands and Spain declare war on France in 1793

7. Map of Europe, 1793

8. Committee of Public Safety
12-member committee
Had absolute power to protect revolution
Initiated the Reign of Terror
Prepared France for war
Led by Maximilien Robespierre
A Jacobin radical

9. The Reign of Terror Lasted from July 1793-July 1794
Tens of thousands killed by guillotine
Mainly those who opposed the revolution
King Louis XVI killed on Jan. 21, 1793
Ended with death of Robespierre by guillotine in 1794

10. Video on Robespierre and the Reign of Terror

11. Reaction to Reign of Terror
The Constitution of 1795 enacted
Established the Directory
5 governing leaders and a bi-cameral legislature
Lasted from
Moderate rule
Weak rule, turned to military genius Napoleon Bonaparte for help

12. Changes in daily life Fashion Nationalism Religion Education
Elaborate to simple dress
Nationalism
Pride in one’s country
Religion
Little association with religion
Education
Mandatory elementary education for all

13. Timeline of French Revolution