French Revolution
, Overviews
Spark notes [http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/summary.html] has a useful overview of the French Revoution which gives you all the main people and events.
Steven Kreis's The History Guide [http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture11a.html] has a more detailed approach. It's actually a set of university Modern History lectures (Lectures 11-13 are about the French Revolution) with
If you're a visual learner, try the concept maps at Alpha History [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-concept-maps/]
The Three estates
At the heart of social inequality was the fact that the commoners "carried" the nobles and clergy through its taxes and labour, as depicted in this cartoon [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/wp-content/gallery/graphics/1789-the-old-regime.jpg] and this image [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/wp-content/gallery/graphics/1789-crushing-taxes.jpg]
For Primary sources:
Liberty Equality, Fraternity [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/allfr.html]
Wikipaedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution] has images which are in the public domain. This means that you can legally copy them. Many of these are the pictures you have seen in class. Try the links from here for more pics.
Alpha History [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-documents/] has a wonderful collection of documents, organised by the different stages of the revolution. Visual sources can be found here. but you will need to find out the context of the images yourself as the sources are not clearly given..
Pages 15-23 in this unit of work [http://www.lowellville.k12.oh.us/userfiles/68/Classes/13425/WH%20-%20World%20History%20Handouts.pdf] have great sources and useful questions which get you thinking like a historian.
Spark notes [http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/summary.html] has a useful overview of the French Revoution which gives you all the main people and events.
Steven Kreis's The History Guide [http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture11a.html] has a more detailed approach. It's actually a set of university Modern History lectures (Lectures 11-13 are about the French Revolution) with
If you're a visual learner, try the concept maps at Alpha History [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-concept-maps/]
The Three estates
At the heart of social inequality was the fact that the commoners "carried" the nobles and clergy through its taxes and labour, as depicted in this cartoon [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/wp-content/gallery/graphics/1789-the-old-regime.jpg] and this image [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/wp-content/gallery/graphics/1789-crushing-taxes.jpg]
For Primary sources:
Liberty Equality, Fraternity [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/allfr.html]
Wikipaedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution] has images which are in the public domain. This means that you can legally copy them. Many of these are the pictures you have seen in class. Try the links from here for more pics.
Alpha History [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-documents/] has a wonderful collection of documents, organised by the different stages of the revolution. Visual sources can be found here. but you will need to find out the context of the images yourself as the sources are not clearly given..
Pages 15-23 in this unit of work [http://www.lowellville.k12.oh.us/userfiles/68/Classes/13425/WH%20-%20World%20History%20Handouts.pdf] have great sources and useful questions which get you thinking like a historian.
First Estate (Clergy)
AT first the clergy voted to join the new National Assembly, but eventually the First Estate was abolished. This cartoon shows members of the first estate enjoying (?!) their new freedom. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Decret_de_l%27Assembl%C3%A9e_National_qui_supprime_les_Ordres_Religieux_et_Religieuses.jpg]
Eventually Christianity was outlawed and a new religion of the Supreme Being was invented to take its place. This led to massacres of priests, nuns and other clergy.
Second Estate (royalty and Nobility)
The Voracious Oath [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/60/]
the King was not unaware of the plight of poor citizens King Louis XVI distributes aid to the poor [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/86/]
Third Estate (bourgeoisie)
The bourgeoisie are the richer, educated "middle class" who still had minimal impact on the politics of their day, even though they paid taxes. the were the "drivers" of the French Revolution. I haven't found sources that come from this class yet but you could look for sources about the leaders (Robespierre? Marat?)
Third Estate (Sans Culottes)
The main events of the revolution took place in Paris. Although they were often planned and led by the bougoise, the ordinary urban citizens (the sans culottes) were the ones who made it happen, forming giant terrifying mobs. The taking of weapons at the Invalides [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/89/]
Many representations of the terror are blantantly bloodthirsty A Memorable Day at Versailles [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/1133/]
Third Estate (Peasants)
Page 18 of this unit of work has some excellent quotes [http://www.lowellville.k12.oh.us/userfiles/68/Classes/13425/WH%20-%20World%20History%20Handouts.pdf] which give a clear understandign of peasant's viewpoints
this cartoon shows nobles running away from their estates during the Great Fear [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/wp-content/gallery/graphics/1789-great-fear.jpg] .
No estate at all (!) (Women)
Women were more or less left out of the constitution, even though they took an important role in the revolution. Women were involved from the very beginning as this Petition of women to Louis XVI [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/279/] shows.
The most famous contribution of women to the popular representation of the revolution is the march of city women on Versailles. It would have been very shocking to depict women with weapons in the C18th. On their return the women were represented as military heroes The Triumphant return of women from Verasailles [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/1149/]
Test your knowledge at al;p[h Histories crosswords [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-crosswords/], memoriy games [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-memory-quizzes/] and multiple choice tests [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-quizzes/]
AT first the clergy voted to join the new National Assembly, but eventually the First Estate was abolished. This cartoon shows members of the first estate enjoying (?!) their new freedom. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Decret_de_l%27Assembl%C3%A9e_National_qui_supprime_les_Ordres_Religieux_et_Religieuses.jpg]
Eventually Christianity was outlawed and a new religion of the Supreme Being was invented to take its place. This led to massacres of priests, nuns and other clergy.
Second Estate (royalty and Nobility)
The Voracious Oath [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/60/]
the King was not unaware of the plight of poor citizens King Louis XVI distributes aid to the poor [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/86/]
Third Estate (bourgeoisie)
The bourgeoisie are the richer, educated "middle class" who still had minimal impact on the politics of their day, even though they paid taxes. the were the "drivers" of the French Revolution. I haven't found sources that come from this class yet but you could look for sources about the leaders (Robespierre? Marat?)
Third Estate (Sans Culottes)
The main events of the revolution took place in Paris. Although they were often planned and led by the bougoise, the ordinary urban citizens (the sans culottes) were the ones who made it happen, forming giant terrifying mobs. The taking of weapons at the Invalides [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/89/]
Many representations of the terror are blantantly bloodthirsty A Memorable Day at Versailles [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/1133/]
Third Estate (Peasants)
Page 18 of this unit of work has some excellent quotes [http://www.lowellville.k12.oh.us/userfiles/68/Classes/13425/WH%20-%20World%20History%20Handouts.pdf] which give a clear understandign of peasant's viewpoints
this cartoon shows nobles running away from their estates during the Great Fear [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/wp-content/gallery/graphics/1789-great-fear.jpg] .
No estate at all (!) (Women)
Women were more or less left out of the constitution, even though they took an important role in the revolution. Women were involved from the very beginning as this Petition of women to Louis XVI [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/279/] shows.
The most famous contribution of women to the popular representation of the revolution is the march of city women on Versailles. It would have been very shocking to depict women with weapons in the C18th. On their return the women were represented as military heroes The Triumphant return of women from Verasailles [https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/1149/]
Test your knowledge at al;p[h Histories crosswords [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-crosswords/], memoriy games [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-memory-quizzes/] and multiple choice tests [http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/french-revolution-quizzes/]