5.1 Causes and outbreak

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The French Revolution

5.1 Causes and outbreak

1789 - 1815

Grab your notebook.....

France in 1789

• France is bankrupt, because of
    Louis XVI
• Also, a lot of harvests failed so 
   people were hungry

Effect: Louis calls the Estates-General
together 

National Assembly

The people do not feel heard by the Estates General and create their own parliament: the National
Assembly.
They wanted a constitution:

freedom, equality and fraternity 

French Revolution

Louis did not agree to a constitution.

So, the people started to storm a prison: the Bastille.

This is the start of the French Revolution

July 14th 1789

Time to work....

• Read par 5.1
• Make a wordlist of par 5.1
• Make par 5.1
• Finish your notes

What is the opinion of the creator of these cartoons?

'The Radical's Arm's' (1819) - George Cruikshank.

In de driekleurige lint staat geschreven 'Geen God! Geen Religie! Geen Koning! Geen Consitutie!'

Spotprent in het eind van de 18e eeuw waarop Robespierre, nadat alle Franse zijn geëxecuteerd, de valbijl (guillotine) laat vallen voor de beul.