CST ReviewDay 3

World HistoryAmerican Revolution

French Revolution

Principle Definition US Constitution Today

Federalism National government and state government share power

50 states overlap with the federal government

Come up with an example with a person around you…

Separation of Powers Government roles are divided among difference branches, with no one branch holding all the power

3 branches Where else can this be seen? Come up with an example with a person around you…

Popular Sovereignty The government gets its authority from the people and reflects their will

“we the people” Where else have we seen this? Come up with an example with a person around you.

Individual Rights Liberties and privileges are guaranteed to each citizen

The Bill of Rights What organization is supposed to protect rights worldwide?

Clergy Nobility

Peasants

The Clergy

Nobles

The peasants

Causes

1. Social Inequality (the Estates)2. Enlightenment (American Revolution)3. Weak Leadership (Louis XVI)4. Economic Crisis (TAXES!!!)

Estates-General

• May 5, 1789• Delegates meet in Versailles• The King suggests taxing the 2nd Estate• Each estate counts as 1 vote• 3rd estate, although over 90% of the

population will be out voted...

Creation of the National Assembly

• June 17, 1789• 3rd Estate delegates, mostly bourgeoisie,

whose inspired by the Enlightenment• Creating a new government • Proclaiming an end to the absolute monarchy • Representative government

Tennis Court Oath

• June 20, 1789• After being locked out of the Estates-General

meeting met on a tennis court• Pledge to stay until a new constitution was

created

Storming the Bastille

• July 14, 1789• Official start of the French Revolution• Violent popular protest

Great Fear

• July-August 1789• Peasants fearing noble retaliation • Riots

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

• August 26, 1789• Influenced the the Declaration of

Independence• Guaranteeing rights and liberties

March on Versailles

• October 4-5 1789• Angry women• Storm the palace and take the king “prisoner”

Execution of the King

• Attempts to flee the country (June 1790)• Power and authority suspended

• New Constitution (1791) • King reluctantly approves• Later in the year, Louis is stripped of power

• After a trail, Louis is found guilty of conspiring against the government and is beheaded

Reign of Terror

• July 1993-July 1794• Maximilien Robespierre takes control• Committee of Public Safety• Guillotine • Killing anyone against the revolution• As many as 40,000 executed, of those 85%

were peasants.

End of the Revolution

• July 1794,Robespierre killed and the French Revolution ends

• 1975, moderates draft a new constitution (the 3rd since 1789)

• Directory • Corrupt • Still no security!!!

• 1795 leading the French Army against enemies, gaining fame and favor amongst the French people

• 1799--Coup d’Etat

• Bringing security and some the ideals of the French Revolution

Napoleon

French RevolutionInjustice

1st: Estate clergy

2nd Estate: Nobility

3rd Estate: peasants

Revolution

•Tennis Court Oath

•National Assembly

Uprising

Storming the Bastille

Repression

Talk a Mile a Minute

• Designate someone as the talker• The other members in the group are guessers• The talker will give clues/cues to help the

guessers guess the terms

Causes of the French Revolution

• Debit• Enlightenment• Estates• Weak leadership• Louis XVI (16th)• Marie Antoinette

Events of the French Revolution

• Tennis Court Oath• Bastille• Declaration of the Rights of Men• Liberty, Equality, Fraternity• Reign of Terror• Guillotine

Effects of the French Revolution

• Napoleon• Coup d'état • Congress of Vienna• Restore the balance of power• Reinstated monarchs