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Name __________________________ Date ______ Per_______ The French Revolution Movie Notes
25 Points, collected when the movie ends. If you miss class, please read get notes from another student and read p. 219- 227
(1)What evidence do we have Louis XVI (16th
) was a weak ruler?
(2)Why was Marie Antoinette viewed as a weak ruler?
[17:0
Winter
1788-
1799
(3) There was a severe famine worst in about 90 years in 1788.
This causes causes the price of bread to skyrocket. How does this
build resentment towards the king and instability?
[19:00-22:01789 (4)What was the Estates General?What was the problem with it? [22m
(5)Who was Robespierre?What did he fight for? [24 min]
June
1789
National Assembly- 3rd estate, frustrated with lack of representation,
leaves to create their own voting system.
y RESULT: They____________________________________
____________________________________________________.
y SIGNIFANCE: ___________ of the revolutionary movement and
the beginning of __________________ government in France
(elected officials by the people instead of a king).
June
20,
1789
Tennis Court Oath-Representatives from the National Assembly decide t
rewrite the________________________________.
y RESULT: Although some sympathetic
_______________________ , the King becomes worried and
stations Swiss guards outside.
y SIGNIFICANCE: Movement is first ____________ among differe
classes.
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July 14,
1789
(6)Why do the people Storm the Bastille?
(7)What did it symbolize?
(8)What revolutionary tradition is born? [26 min]
(9)What was its historical significance?
(10)How does Louis XVI react?
Aug
1789
(11)What was the Declaration ofRights ofMan? [31:50]
(12)Who was Marat [Marah]?
(13)How does he use his newspaper to help the revolution? [32 min
Oct
1789
Great Fear- Rumors emerge that nobles are hiring goons to terrorize
peasants with the support of the King.
(14)W
hat happens to Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI? [36 min]
(15)What is Louis XVIplan to regain power? How does it backfire?
[40 min]
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(16)How was the guillotine an embodiment of Enlightenment ideas
[45 min]
1792 (17)What possibility causes the National Assembly to become
increasingly paranoid? [47-50:24 min]
(18) Could the revolution have been prevented?What mistakes did Louis XVI (16th) make?
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July 13,
1793
(19)How does the revolution grow more radically, especiall
concerning Marat [1:01]
(20)What happens to Marat? [1:01]
October
16,
1793
(21)How is Marie Antoinette degraded when she is execute
1:10
1793 -
1794
(22)What was the Reign ofTerror? [1:12]
(23)What could get you imprisoned/guillotined under the R
Terror?
(24)How did the Committee ofPublic Safety change the
government?
(25)How is religion attacked and why? [1:16]
(26)How does Napoleon gain his reputation?
(27)Terror without virtue is disastrous; but virtue without
is powerless.What does this statement mean? [1:20]
(28)What happens to Robespierre? {124}
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