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!