§5.2 + 5.3 The French Revolution

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Causes and effects

What are causes and effects?

Could you name an example of a cause and an effect of the French Revolution?

Causes and effects

Cause and effect is the relationship between events where one event (cause) makes another event happen (effect).

Cause: The French government was deeply in debt due to expensive wars and lavish spending by the monarchy. The people were heavily taxed while the nobility and clergy paid little to nothing.

Effect: Frustrated by economic hardship and inequality, the people revolted in 1789, leading to the overthrow of the monarchy and the rise of a new government.

§5.2 + 5.3 The French Revolution

Learning goal

How did the French Revolution unfold and what characteristics did it have?

Write the learning goals down in your notebook!

What is a revolution?

A revolution is a fast, big change. 

An evolution is a slow, gradual change.

French Revolution: A relatively fast change from the Ancien Régime to a Republic in France.

Division and disappointment

The National Assembly was formed in June 1789 after the Estates-General failed. 💪

The third estate took the Tennis Court Oath, vowing to create a new constitution.📕

A violent start

The National Guard stormed the Bastille on July 14, 1789!, marking the start of the French Revolution.🔥

National Guard: An army formed by the French people.

Today: Quatorze Juillet

Fear

During The Great Fear (1789), peasants attacked the nobility. 🗡️

La Nuit des Sacrifices ended feudal rights, 

marking the end  of the Ancien Régime 

and the estates system.🏁

Now all people of France were equal and everyone was called citoyenne (‘citizen’).💡

Liberté

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen established freedom, equality, and brotherhood for all.

People have natural rights that can't be taken away from them.

Video

How did the French Revolution come to an end?

Important key terms:

-  Reign of Terror

- guillotine

- Directoire 

What? 

From §5.2: Exercises 5 to 7 (P. 154).

From §5.3: Exercises 1 + 2 + 6a + 7 (P. 158).

How? Individually or in pairs.

Duration? End of the lesson.

Homework §5.2 + 5.3

Aan de slag!

Lees paragraaf 4.2 t/m kopje 'Eén koning, één geloof, één wet' op p. 82 en maak opdrachten  15, 17, 19, 20 en 22 

 van 4.2 in je werkboek.

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