THE ESTATES-GENERAL TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLYTHE FRENCH REVOLUTION
THE ESTATES-GENERAL THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
THINK WHY DID KING LOUIS XVI SUMMON THE ESTATES-GENERAL? (May 1789 – Versailles, France)
WHAT WAS THE ESTATES-GENERAL?
THE ESTATES-GENERAL THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
THINK WHAT PROBLEMS OCCURRED AT THE ESTATES-GENERAL? (Why was there resentment between the Estates?)
What was the MAIN ISSUE at the Estates-General?
1.) Constitutional Monarchy2.) Clergy, Nobility & Taxation* Voting System – Representation
TENNIS COURT OATHTHE FRENCH REVOLUTION
THINK “How did the Third Estate react at the Estates-General?” (Versailles, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, TENNIS COURT OATH)
FIRST ACT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION! * * (June 1789)
STORMING THE BASTILLETHE FRENCH REVOLUTION
* After the Tennis Court Oath, KING LOUIS XVI prepared to use force against Third Estate…
Parisians gathered outside the BASTILLE – RABBLE RABBLE! What do they do? HOLY COW!
STORMING THE BASTILLETHE FRENCH REVOLUTION
THE GREAT FEARTHE FRENCH REVOLUTION
* Revolutionary sentiment, anger & violence spread throughout the Parisian countryside…
Peasants revolted against contractual obligations!