Review Describe the make up of the First

Review • Describe the make up of the First, Second, and Third Estate. • Why was the French government in debt? (3 reasons)

The French Revolution Unfolds Chapter 18 Section 2

Financial trouble • Deficit spending: spends more money than it takes in • Why debt? – 7 Years War – Lavish court spending – American revolution

Terms to know… • Louis XVI: weak minded and indecisive • Jacques Necker: reduce extravagant spending • Estates-General: legislative body

Four Phases: – Moderate: National Assembly (1789 -1791) – Radical: Reign of Terror (17921794) – Reaction against extremism: Directory (1795 -1799) – Age of Napoleon (1799 -1815)

“Great Fear” • Political crisis of 1789 and famine – attacks on villages spread panic • Factions (dissenting groups of people) compete for power • Marquis de Lafayette: headed National Guard • The Paris Commune: replace royalist government of city

The National Assembly • Special privileges end for nobles • Issue “Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen” • Olympe de Gouges: “Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen”

Royalty does not accept • Louis XVI ignores Declaration • Women storm Versailles – Anger towards Marie Antoinette (pg 580) • Family leaves to live in Paris at Tuileries (twee luh reez) palace