French Revolution and Napoleonic Era

What is the deep reason for the Jacobins coming to power?

• Fear and panic due to the war with Austria and more

• The Jacobins believing in having a constitutional monarchy.

• The average person hating Robspierre.

• A fear of Napoleon coming to power .

Social class consisting of the upper levels of the clergy.

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• The CHURCH!

The bourgeoisie lead this estate and it was made up of merchants, artisans, cooks, servants, peasants etc.

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• 1.2.3.. BOURGEOISIE!

French Congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact reforms and laws in the name of the French people

• Estates General

• National Assembly

• Legislative Assembly

• Congressional Assembly

A pledge made by members of France's National Assembly in 1789 in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drafted a new Constitution.

• Tennis Court Oath

• Handball Oath

• Declaration of Independence

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

July 14, 1789, a French mob stormed a prison. The mob successfully captured the gunpowder they were after.

• Storming of the Bastille

• The Great Fear

• Storming of Pompei

• Sandstorm

Statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by France's National Assembly.

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

Radical political club during the French Revolution that wanted to remove the king and establish a republic. Both middle class men and women joined.

• Sans-Cullotes

• Radicals

• Emigres

• Jacobins

A machine for beheading people used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.

• Beheader

• National Razor

• Guillotine

• Head chopper-offer 3000

What role did social inequality play in the French Revolution?

• the three estates united against the king
• the clergy and nobility gained more wealth and power
• the third estate fought against the clergy and nobility
• the three estates paid equal taxes