French Revolution
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
6 DEGREES OF SEPERATION
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO JONAS BROTHERS
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE FRENCH ENLIGHTMENT
NEW IDEAS FROM NOT ONLY YOUR COUNTRY, BUT FROM OTHERS
FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT TO CULTURAL ADVANCEMENTS
- In music, art, literature, writing
- Enlightenments about rapid culture growth
- the spirit of challenging the old regimes.
CULTURAL ADVANCEMENTS TO THE JUNE REBELLION
- Young french kids rebelling against the king
- Felt he was keeping the old regime
- Driving out the old
- All about change in culture and rules
JUNE REBELLION TO LES MISÉRABLES
- Les mis is based on June rebellion
- Culture shock and revolts introduce music
- Including musicals
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NICK JONAS TO THE JONAS BROTHERS
- Member in the band of brothers
- Kevin, Nick, Joe
CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
- conflict between the Monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system
- The Enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts
- Social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie
- Ineffective ruler: Louis XVI
- Economic hardship: food shortages
MAIN PEOPLE
- Napoleon Bonaparte, general in French army, leader of 1799 coup that overthrew Directory
- Jacques-Pierre Brissot, Legislative Assembly/ National Convention believed in the idea of a constitutional monarch
- Maximilien Robespierre, attempted to silence all enemies of Revolution in effort to save France from invasion
- Louis XVI, added to crisis himself through heavy spending, debt overwhelmed all financial consultants
- Marie-Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI primary symbol of the French royalty’s extravagance and excess
ROLE OF CLASS
- first estate, never paid taxes, did the least amount of work
- second estate, noblemen and noblewomen of high breeding and social status
- third estate was comprised of the workers, beggars, the artisans.
- did not have equal representation in the government
AMERICAN REVOLUTION MOST SIMILAR
- Declaration of Independence and declaration of the rights of man and citizen
- absolute monarchies replaced with limited constitutional monarchies, republics and other democracies.
- products of Enlightenment ideals that emphasized the idea of natural rights and equality
- The leadership in both countries at time of revolutions was repressive, in terms of taxation
- France and America was their emphasis on Enlightenment thought
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LEAST SIMILAR: RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
- French turned democracy after revolution while Russians turned communist
- Russians had a pre-revolution that led up to the full revolution, while French did not
- French lasted ten years, Russian lasted much smaller frame and consisted of several small scale revolutions
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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