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European History: Part 1 of The French Revolution 1789-1791 William A. Hansen EDU 290: Central Michigan University

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European History: Part 1 of The French Revolution

1789-1791

William A. HansenEDU 290: Central Michigan University

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French Government: Pre-Revolution

Hierarchical society:1. Clergy: The Catholic Church

was the highest in society2. Nobility- Included former

solders and wealthy land owners

3. Third Estate- Included 97% of the total population of France and was made up of doctors, lawyers, peasants, etc.

Clergy

Nobility

Third Estate

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Pre-Revolution Continued..

• The top two estates (Clergy and Nobility) did not have to pay taxes

• The government was made up of two branches, but the representatives were all from the top two estates

• The top two estates held over half the land in France

• The third estate was forced to pay the Nobility “dues”

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Overview of The French Revolution

• Began in 1789• The people of France wanted King Louis XVI

removed from power• There is time of peace and happiness in 1791

(end of Part 1)• More extreme uprisings occur • Napoleon takes over in 1799, ending the

Revolution

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Leading up to the Revolution

What factors could have had influence on the people of France to begin a revolution?

1. The Scientific Revolution

2. The Enlightenment

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The Scientific Revolutions Influence on The French Revolution

Researchers began to question things that were stated in the bible because they did not have any proof that these stories were true

Some of the advancements in science during the Scientific Revolution are:

1. Proving that the earth was not the center of the universe2. Proving there is more in the sky than we can see with the

naked eye3. Creating a scientific method where scientists started with a

small part of an idea and worked up until they found a conclusion (inductive reasoning)

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The Enlightenments Influence on the French Revolution

The Enlightenment was a time when philosophers stressed equality before the law (all aspects of life)

Led by Voltaire, philosophers uncovered new ways of thinking. These ways included:

1. “…we must consider what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom…”- John Locke

2. “Everything in this world can be made good if we diminish its faults…”- Joseph II

3. “When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty”- Baron de Montequieu

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Long Term Reasons For The French Revolution

• Scientific Revolution• Enlightenment language• Complaints about noble privileges, guild monopolies,

and corrupt royal officials• The third estate not having any say in the government,

resulting in an addition of another branch of government that was made up of peoples of the third estate (Estates General)

• The third estate wants the Clergy and Nobility to have to pay the same dues and taxes as they do

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Short Term Reasons For Revolution

• France’s financial crisis- was an accumulation of debt, mainly from past wars including the Seven Years’ War, the War of the Austrian Succession, and the financial backing of America during the American War of Independence.

• Unfair politics between the three branches:- All branch’s get 1/3 vote- Nobility and Clergy always sided together- King over-rides motions to count votes by head (with all

the Estates General’s votes and some of the lower nobility votes, the Estates General would be able to get what they wanted once and a while)

• King stops Estates General from meeting

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Beginning of The Revolution• The financial crisis led to the Estates General

battling against the top two estates• In order to suppress the disgruntled third party,

King Louis XVI locked them out of their regular meeting place

• The people that made up the Estates General then went to a nearby tennis court, changing their name to the National Assembly

• Before they left from that tennis court, the National Assembly created their own constitution

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Requests of The National Assembly

Major aspects of the National Assemblies Constitution included:

- The third estate no longer would owe Nobility dues- All people would be treated equally under the law- Cut the Clergy and King’s power- Confiscate the land given to the church and sell it to pay off the

debt

The members of the National Assembly also took an oath “not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established and consolidated upon solid foundations.” (Merriman pg. 444)

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Louis XVI’s CompromisesWith all the uprising from the “commoners,” King Louis was now willing to compromise with the National Assembly. Some of the things he was willing to do for them were:

1. He agreed to abolish the “taille” (tax on land)2. Agreed to get rid of “corvee” (labor tax)3. Eliminate international tariffs and other taxes that interfered with trade4. And agreed to get rid of the “lettres de cachet” (kings right to imprison people, often without trial)5. The last thing that the king would bend on is that he would allow the three branches of the government vote by head, but only on matters that did not effect the “ancient and constitutional right of the three orders.” (Merriman 444)

*The people of the movement did not accept the kings compromises

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Uprising

• Invalides- People that belonged to the third estate raided the Invalides (a veterans hospital), to take weapons that were stored in the building

• Bastille- With the weapons, the people stormed the Bastille (a small prison that the king for his lettres de cachet), and freed the enemies of the state

Urban Uprising Rural Uprising• The Great Fear- Peasants

attacked chateaux (castles or large country estates)

• Night of August 4- people that lived in the rural parts of France thought the government was going to send members of the military to destroy crops, so townspeople and peasants gathered around France to defend themselves and the harvest

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A Temporary End to The French Revolution

What the third estate gained:1. The king would not be able to rule by divine right2. A constitution would set a type of checks and balances on the

three branches of government3. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen- a document that

proposed universal principles of humanity. Article 1 states, “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” (Merriman 448)

4. The Catholic Church became the National Church, making the church lands national. This led to the selling of the national lands in order to pay off debts

5. Protestants and Jews were granted citizenship and civil rights

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A Temporary End to The French Revolution

What the Clergy and Nobile estates kept:1. The Nobile class owned most of the land in France2. The Catholic Church still had a large amount of power3. King Louis XVI still had an enormous amount of power

(he could veto any legislation, so the checks and balances did not apply to him)

4. As a part of the agreement that the Nobile class would not receive any dues from the third estate, the Nobile class still retained most of their rights (ie. Still did not have to pay taxes)

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Part 1 of The French Revolution: Timeline

June 20, 1789Tennis Court Oath

June 23, 1789King Louis XVICompromise attempt

July 14, 1789Invasion of the Invalides and Bastille

July 19-August 3, 1789The Great Fear

August 4, 1789The Night of August 4

August 26, 1789Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

November 2, 1789Church properties become national properties

June 1790Abolishment of born Nobility

1790Protestants and Jews get rights

Summer of 1791

The time between “ “ and “ “ was relatively peaceful. Then during the summer of 1791, the French Revolution started back up.

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SourcesMerriman, John. A History of Modern Europe: From the French Revolution to the

Present. London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Print.

Background Pictures:-Unknown. Slides 2, 12. URL: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le serment

de La Fayette a la fete de la Federation 14 July 1790 French School 18th century.jpg

-Rousseau, Henri. Slides 14-15. URL: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henri_Rousseau_007.jpg

-Demachy, Pierre-Antoine. Slides 1, 6-9, 11, 13 16. URL: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pierre-Antoine_Demachy

-Vernet, Horace. Slides 3-5. URL: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vernet_-_31_juillet_1830_-_Louis-Philippe_quitte_le_Palais-Royal.jpg

-Thévenin, Charles. Slide 10. URL: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Th%C3%A9venin_-_La_prise_de_la_Bastille.jpg