1. The French Revolution Unfolds

5. Revolution Political Crisis Worst famine in memory
Starving peasants roam the countryside
Grain prices soar

6. The Great Fear

7. “The Great Fear” Rumors of attacks on villages and towns
Rumors of government troops seizing peasant crops
Widespread panic
Peasants inflamed – attack nobles and noble’s property and homes

8. Paris in Arms Paris in turmoil Factions compete to gain power
Lafayette heads National Guard (middle class militia) in response to government troops in Paris
First to wear tri-colors - the Tri-colour (red, white, and blue)

9. Paris in Arms
Paris Commune replaces city government – incites neighborhoods to the revolution.
Radical newspapers and clubs spring up

10. Moderate Reforms National Assembly Acts
Nobles vote to end their privileges
“Feudalism is abolished”

11. Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen,
Aug. 26, 1789

12. Declaration of the Rights of Man
Modeled on Declaration of Independence
Government existed to protect natural rights of citizens
Freedom of religion
Taxes based on ability to pay
Liberty, equality, fraternity

14. Women’s March on Versailles, Oct 5-6, 1789

15. “Bread!” Anger directed at queen – Marie Antoinette
Frivolous and extravagant
“Let them eat cake” – a lie
Drag king, queen, and family back to Paris

16. The National Assembly
Votes to take over and sell Church lands to pay off debt
Puts French Catholic Church under state control

17. Burning the Pope in Effigy after the Civil Constitution of the Clergy

18. Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Bishops and priests become elected officials

19. Confiscation of Clerical Wealth

20. King’s Arrest on the Way to Varrenes