Lesson 10: The French Revolution
●French Society – Everyone was born into a Caste System - A social system in which people’s lives are determined by heredity. –A French baby was either born into a family of commoners or nobility. ●French society was divided into 3 Estates: –First Estate: Roman Catholic Church Clergy –Second Estate: Rich Nobles including King & Queen –Third Estate: Three groups of people including the Bourgeoisie, city workers, & peasants. Beginning of the Revolution ●Estates General represented the 2nd Estate & the 3rdEstate. - It was disbanded by King Louis XVI ●Members create the National Assembly –National Assembly – Represented the 3rd Estate in fighting for rights against the nobility and calling for a Revolution. ●Tennis Court Oath, June 1789 – A pledge by the 3rdEstate to begin a democratic revolution in France. ●July 14, 1789 – The Storming of the Bastille – Angry mobs of people attacked a French prison and kill all who oppose them. Enlightenment - This sparked the French Revolution. ●“The Great Fear” - general panic that occurred between 17 July and 3 August 1789 at the start of the French Revolution. New Ideas of the Enlightenment ●The Enlightenment was a spark of the French Revolution –1789 – Catholic Church(1st Estate) was corrupt along with the Monarchy of King Louis XVI. –Enlightenment Philosopher Voltaire spoke out against the Monarchy & the Catholic Church. ●The Humanists believed in human rights –Humanists in France inspire people to revolt against King Louis XVI & the Church because they were pushing for more tolerance and more freedom. The Revolution is Underway ●The Bastille - A prison and armory in Paris. –Besides being a torturous Prison with a instruments like the stretcher – it was also an __________ - It contains gunpowder, muskets, swords, & canons. ●Main Importance of the Revolution – An open rebellion against a tyrant king who was accused of stealing from the commoners. ●August 28th, 1789 - Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen - A French document modeled after the Declaration of Independence and the Philosophies of the Enlightenment. ●Oct. 1789 – King Louis XVI & Queen Marie Antoinette escaped the Royal Palace in Versailles. –Caught & Imprisoned in Paris. –Sept. 1792 – France declared a Republic. –1793 – King Louis & Marie Antoinette – Beheaded by Guilotine. ●French Republic – Led by DictatorMaximilien Robespierre & the Directory. –Robespierre executed by guillotine by his own people .
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Directions:Copy down all of the notes and look for the fill in the blanks on pages 54 through 56 in the 7th Grade PASS Coach book.
●Before the modern age – the ________ was in charge of explaining the knowledge of the natural world. ●__________ - An early form of chemistry based partly on religion and magic. ●_______________ - A period between 1550 to 1700 during which a number of important advances in science were made. Nicolaus Copernicus, Great Scientific Leaps ●Nicolaus Copernicus from ______ (1473 – 1543) –Earth rotates on an axis once a day & revolves around the _______. Tycho Brahe & Johannes Kepler, Elliptical Orbits ●Tycho Brahe (1546 -1601) of Denmark – Astronomer –He built many instruments of the study of planets. ●His Assistant – Johannes Kepler – He explained & proved Copernicus’ theory showing the Earth & other planets orbited around the sun in an elliptical circle. Galileo Galilei, Science vs. Church ●____________(1564 – 1642) – Italian astronomer & mathematician. * He is said to have contributed more to astronomy than anybody else. –Built the first telescope to look at the planets & the stars. –Physics -Every action has a reaction. ●1633 – Galileo was charged with crimes against the church & _______ because he supported a book about the theories of ___________. Francis Bacon ●___________ (1561 – 1626) ●____________- Step-by-step process which scientists use to test ideas in experiments Isaac Newton, Preeminent Scientist of the Scientific Revolution ●Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727) – From England –Famous for explaining the laws of Gravitation. –Newton's book Principia – Universal Law of Gravitation – A scientific law which states that any two objects exert a gravitational force of attraction on each other. |
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