Aim: How did the French Revolution affect France?

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Aim How did the French Revolution affect France?

• Do Now The image of the guillotine is synonymous
  with the French Revolution. Who do you think went
  to the guillotine and why.

Homework Handout Who Benefited during the Early
Stages of the French Revolution?
Mr. McEntarfer Global III HSLPS
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Instructional Objectives

• Describe the effects of the French Revolution
• Discuss who benefited and who did not from the
  changes taking place in France.

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• Background
• When the Bastille fell on July 14th 1789, the Old
  Regime (the old way of life) in France fell also.
  The Third Estate took power. They made many
  changes in France.

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Economic Changes

• Everybody had to pay taxes
• Land was taken from the Catholic Church and sold
  to the peasants.

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Political Changes

• France ended its monarchy and became a republic.
  
• The Declaration of the Rights of Man grants equal
  rights to all citizens.
• The Reign of Terror stated. During this time
  thousands of people including the king and queen
  were executed in the guillotine if it was
  believed they opposed the revolution.

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• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• Written in 1789
• Uses American Declaration of Independence as a
  model
• States that all men have natural Rights
• Declares the job of government to protect the
  natural rights
• of people
• Guarantees all male citizens equality under the
  law
• Sates that people are free to practice any
  religion
• Promises to tax people according to how much they
  
• can afford

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• An artist who watched the execution of Marie
  Antoinette sketched the photo on the right just
  before she was beheaded. What do you think she
  was thinking?

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Social Changes

• The new government stopped putting people in jail
  if they owed (debtors prison)
• Public schools started for all children
• African slavery in the French colonies ended.

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Religious Changes

• The government took control of the Catholic
  Church.
• All people were given freedom of Religion
• The people no longer had to pay taxes to the
  Catholic Church.

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Activity

• Listed below are five groups of people that lived
  during the French Revolution. For each group
  explain how they felt about the changes that took
  place during the French Revolution.
• Middle class
• Bishops in the Catholic Church
• Nobles
• Peasants
• Kings in other countries

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Exit Slip

• Answer Aim Question using one of the examples
  learned today in class
• How did the French Revolution affect France?
• Quiz Tomorrow on what you learned today.