Give me bread or give me death

Storming the Bastille

• The Third Estate wanted to reform the government.
• King Louis XVI refused and the Third Estate revolted.
• The Third Estate arrived at the meeting place and the doors were locked
• They met in a nearby tennis court and swore
• that they would continue meeting until they produced a French Constitution.

Cont.

• That became to be known as the Tennis Court Oath.
• While that was happening, the taxes on bread went up.
• Common people couldn't afford the bread.
• Citizens of the Third Estate and organized a group to storm the Bastille. 
• This started the French Revolution.

Rights of man

• On August 26th, 1979 the Third Estate drafted the Rights of Man and the Citizen. 
• This was inspired by the Declaration of Independence and Constitution and the English Bill of Rights
• The document made that freedom was assured, the First and Second Estate 
• didn't have to pay taxes, and the basic liberties of the French Revolution were spelled out
• The king refused this and the Third Estate was flustered. 

cont.

• A mob of thousands of women marched to the Versailles demanding bread for their children 
• and made the king release flour from royal stores. 
• The king became a virtual prisoner in Paris.
• Other countries joined in fear of the revolution spreading and put an 
• end to King Louis' reign.

Reign of Terror

• King Louis and his wife were executed by a guillotine. 
• Any person who was against the revolution was executed.
•  “Let terror be the order of the Day” was their motto.
• It was called the Reign of Terror because the fear, viloence, and the 
• executions of people wach week.

NOt the only revolution!

• The French Revolution followed the American Revolution.
• In 1917 Russia overthrew it's monarchy in a very violent way.
• In 1911, revolutionaries in southern China had a successful 
• revolt on the Qing Dynasty.