2. The French Revolution: From Moderate to Radical

3. Convening the Estates General May, 1789

4. The suggested voting pattern: voting by estates
Clergy
1st Estate 1
Nobles
2nd Estate 1 1
Commoners
3rd Estate
Louis XIV insisted that the ancient distinction of the three orders be conserved in its entirety.

5. The number of representatives in the Estates General: vote by head!
Clergy
1st Estate
300
Aristocracy
2nd Estate
300
648
Commoners
3rd Estate

6. II. Tennis Court Oath
Group vowed not to leave Versailles until they had created a constitution for France
Louis XVI made the 1st and 2nd Estates join the 3rd in the National Assembly

7. “The Tennis Court Oath”
June 20, 1789

8. III. The Bastille Prison in Paris Torture
Symbolized France’s injustices
July 14, 1789 – a mob surrounds the Bastille to steal weapons they think they need to protect the National Assembly from the King’s troops

9. Storming the Bastille, July 14, 1789
18 died.
73 wounded.
7 guards killed.
7 prisoners were freed [5 ordinary criminals & 2 madmen].

10. Phase 2 of the Revolution Begins
The French Republic is Born!
The old government system in France had been abolished. No more estates.
All Frenchmen were, at least in principle, subject to the same laws and the same taxes and eligible for the same offices.
Equality & Meritocracy!

11. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
August 26, 1789
Stated that French Citizens should the right to Liberty, Property, and Oppression (unfair treatment).

12. The WHITE of the Bourbons + the RED & BLUE of Paris.
The Tricolor (1789)
The WHITE of the Bourbons + the RED & BLUE of Paris.
Citizen!

13. V. March to Versailles King refused the new reforms
Paris mob forces him to go to Paris – radical mob gaining control

15. National Assembly The Convention

16. Maximilien Robespierre
Jacobin
Becomes the leader of the convention, and new face of the revolution.

17. Louis XVI “Accepts” the Constitution & the National Assembly. 1791

18. VI. Constitution of 1791 Kept monarchy, but limited royal powers
Right to vote limited to males who paid a certain amount of taxes
What about Women?
-Olympe de Gouge- Vindication for the Rights of Women

19. VII. Problems with the Constitution
Moderates = happy
Paris mob = unhappy
Conservatives = unhappy
Divisions between groups were getting deeper . . .

20. The Royal Family Attempts to Flee
June, 1791
The King was recognized at Varennes, near the border

21. VIII. France Invaded
Outside powers want to weaken France & restore monarchy. King suspected of plots.
King is guillotined
Radicals take control of Paris &, by extension, the gov’t