可汗学院公开课：欧洲史

The French Revolution

Significance:independence from a monarchy-controlled empire, overthrowing the monarchy

1789 begining of revolution

1.French government was poor; monarch was lavish; troops in American revolution; 

2.Seven Years' war = French and Indian War (Northern America); support of American Independence run out the money of French government

3. famine within French people but royals and nobility and lives well; peasant not nobility pay the taxes - make people unhappy (most important)

4. Enlightenment - ideas of people ruling themselves (proof of American revolution)

Convocation of the Estates-

Genral - meeting of three estates of France (1.clergy 0.5%, 2. nobility 1.5% 3. everyone eles 98%)

meet to figure out the problem, 3rd estates were angry and afraid of more taxes

May, National Assembly of France 國民會議 - represent of people, Louis XVI thought himself absolute king and unhappy with this action, he locked the room of Assembly room when they assembled.

June, They go inddor tennis court to have meeting. and declared Tennis Court Oath - constitution for France (some support from nobility and clergy)

Louis XVI agreed, but them troops converging on Paris by the command of king. French troops (foreign troops)

Louis XVI fired advisor, people think king going to suppress them

July 14,1789. Bastille and free 7 prisioner to get weapons in order to fight with troops.

thing get out of hand

August, Declaration of Indepence, (Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen)

starting of French Revolution

barbaric, bloody