1. AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org Bubble map WHO WANTED WAR?

2. AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org Why go to War?

3. AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org Monday, 18 May 2015 Why did war break out in 1792? KI2: The Revolution 1789-1792.

4. AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org Monday, 18 May 2015 Session Aims Events of 1789. Review events of 1791. Understand the events surrounding the flight to Varennes Investigate the significance of this event

5. AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org For or Against? Cut out the boxes and decide if they are an argument for war or an argument against war.

6. AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org The Outbreak of War Despite the mistrust of the King it seemed the Constitution of 1791 would have survived. However, what prevented this was the outbreak of war with Austria. Almost everything that happened from this point onwards can be linked to war with Austria. The war directly led to the fall of the monarchy, civil war and the terror.

7. AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org Austrian Committee Marie Antoinette known as ‘the only man in the family’ hoped for war against her own brother! She hoped France would be defeated and Louis would recover his old powers. There were also rumours that the country’s foreign policy was being run by an ‘Austrian committee’ headed by Marie Antoinette and that secret agents were being sent to the emigres and Vienna to plot counter-revolution.

8. AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org Questions 1.Why did Brissot believe war to be in France’s best interest? 2.Why did Robespierre oppose the call for war?

9. AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org Who were the Girondins? A group of deputies from the Gironde region and their associates notably Brissot. They sat with the Jacobins in the Assembly. However, Robespierre and Brissot did not get along, due their disagreement over whether or not to go to war. 3. Why were foreign powers confident of victory in any war against France?

10. AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org AS History Matters www.pastmatters.org Plenary Should France have gone to war? Why?