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Mini-Lesson 3 French Revolution Recovery Stage

The document provides background information on the French Revolution and Enlightenment. It discusses how the storming of the Bastille and subsequent riots forced the National Assembly to take action in August 1789. This included abolishing most feudal customs to weaken the power of nobles and the church. It then introduces the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, which outlined democratic principles like equality under the law that would form the basis of the new French government.

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Mini-Lesson 3 French Revolution Recovery Stage

The document provides background information on the French Revolution and Enlightenment. It discusses how the storming of the Bastille and subsequent riots forced the National Assembly to take action in August 1789. This included abolishing most feudal customs to weaken the power of nobles and the church. It then introduces the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, which outlined democratic principles like equality under the law that would form the basis of the new French government.

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Date:_______ Global 10 Mini-Lesson 3: French Revolution and Enlightenment Aim: How did France begin to create a new government?

Do Now: Read the following lyrics and to the best of your ability ! answer the "uestions that follow. At the end of the day you re another day #uestions: older 1. $hat social class does this song re%resent& And that s all you can say for the life of _________________ the !oor 'ow do you (now& "t s a struggle# it s a war __________________________________________________ And there s nothing that anyone s giving $ne more day standing a%out# what is it ). *+%lain three reasons why the %eo%le are for& discontented. $ne day less to %e living' a. At the end of the day you re another day _____________________________________________________ colder b. And the shirt on your %ac( doesn t (ee! _____________________________________________________ out the chill c. And the righteous hurry !ast _____________________________________________________ )hey don t hear the little ones crying And the winter is coming on fast# ready to ,. Describe the symbolism behind the lines - .nd the (ill wa/es crash on the sand0 li(e a storm that1ll brea( any $ne day nearer to dying* second.2_______________________________________________ At the end of the day there s another day dawning 3. .ccording to your own (nowledge of Global 'istory0 And the sun in the morning is waiting to are these %roblems that can be fi+ed& $hy or why not& rise ____________________________________________________ Li(e the waves crash on the sand _________________________________________________________ Li(e a storm that ll %rea( any second )here s a hunger in the land )here s a rec(oning still to %e rec(oned and )here s gonna %e hell to !ay At the end of the day* -At the End of the Day Les Misera%les +LA,,-$R.: 4om%lete the following 5rimary and 6econdary source readings. .nswer the "uestions that follow 74486 R9.1 citing strong and thorough te+tual e/idence to su%%ort analysis:. Declaration of the Rights of Man and +iti/en ;he storming of the <astille and the riots that followed forced the National .ssembly into action. =n .ugust 3th0 1>?@0 the .ssembly abolished 7got rid of: most feudal customs. ;he %easants no longer had to ser/e their feudal lords or to %ay ta+es to them. 9n addition0 the nobles and church leaders were forced to gi/e u% many of their rights and to %ay their share of ta+es. ;hese changes wea(ened the %ower of the nobles and the church. <ut wea(ening the %ower of the nobles and church leaders was only the beginning of the Arench Re/olution. ;hirteen years after the .merican Re/olution began0 the National .ssembly outlined their /ision of the %ur%ose of a new go/ernment. ;he Declaration of the Rights of Man and 4itiBen stated the democratic %rinci%les that would be the basis for Arench go/ernment. 9t called for e"uality for all citiBens under the law and %rotection of %ersonal %ro%erty.

Name____________ Ms. Reyes/Ms. Rust

0' 1ow might have each of the three estates reacted to America2s Declaration of "nde!endence& 3' E4!lain two ways in which the National Assem%ly redefined 5changed6 the relationshi! %etween the !eo!le and the government' 3' +om!are the Declaration of the Rights of Man and +iti/en to America2s Declaration of "nde!endence'

7' 1ow do the ideas in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and +iti/en reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment& 8' -hich Enlightenment !hiloso!her most li(ely ins!ired the ideas in these documents& 9' E4!lain whether or not you thin( the Declaration of the Rights of Man and +iti/en will effectively solve France2s !ro%lems' +onsider the reaction of the monarchy in your res!onse'

American Declaration of "nde!endence Rights of Man and +iti/en


(e hold these truths to be self)evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their %reator with certain unalienable rights that among these are !ife !iberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights *overnments are instituted among Men deriving their 'ust powers from the consent of the governed+ it is the ,ight of the -eople to alter or to abolish it and to institute new *overnment+ (e here in $merica have suffered for a very long time and now we should change our government. The &ing of .ngland has done many bad things to us+ He won/t let us pass laws we need for everybody/s good. .ven when we do pass laws he won/t sign them so they can go into effect. He calls men together to ma&e laws in the most inconvenient times and places so that they won/t be able to go discuss the new laws. He ma&es us pay all &inds of ta"es without as&ing us about it. He sends lots of .nglish soldiers here when there isn/t even a war and ma&es us let them live in our own houses.

Declaration of the

Article 1 Men are born and remain free and equal in rights; social differences can be established only for the common benefit. Article 2 The aim of every government is to preserve the natural and absolute rights of man; these rights are liberty property security and resistance to oppression. Article 4 !iberty consists of power to do whatever is not harmful to others; such limits may be determined only by law. Article 6 !aw is the e"pression of the general will of the people; all citi#ens have the right to consent personally or through representatives. !aw must be the same for all whether it protects or punishes. $ll citi#ens are equally acceptable for public offices positions and employments. Article 11 Free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. %onsequently every citi#en may spea& write and print freely sub'ect to responsibility for the abuse of such liberty in the cases determined by law. Article 13 $ common ta" is required to maintain a public force but it must be paid equally on all citi#ens in proportion to their means.

:ideo: 6tory of the Arench Re/olution ,ummary: Re/iew #uestions


-;he Arench Re/olution is most im%ortant for ha/ing changed subCects to citiBens.2 1. ;his statement em%hasiBes the shift from a: religious traditions to secular /alues b: di/ine right rule to %eo%le1s %artici%ation in go/ernment c: rural lifestyles to urban lifestyles d: %ri/ate %ro%erty ownershi% to go/ernment ownershi% ). $hich of these e/ents related to the Arench Re/olution occurred first& a: Na%oleon became em%eror of Arance. b: ;he Declaration of the Rights of Man was issued. c: 8ouis DE9 called the *states General into session. d: ;he 4ommittee of 5ublic 6afety led the Reign of ;error. ,. ;he goals for the Arench Re/olution were stated in the a: Declaration of 9nde%endence b: Declaration of the Rights of Man c: ;ennis 4ourt =ath d: Magna 4arta

-. . . Men are born and remain free and e"ual in rights. 6ocial distinctions may be founded only u%on the general good. . . .2 FDeclaration of the Rights of Man and 4itiBen0 1>?@ 3. $hich %rinci%le of the *nlightenment %hiloso%hers is e+%ressed in this "uotation from the Arench Re/olution&

a. natural law b. nationalism

c. d.

free trade socialism

G. $hat did the National .ssembly /ow to accom%lish by the ;ennis 4ourt =ath& a: ;o behead the (ing b: ;o storm the <astille c: ;o draft a constitution d: ;o re/olt

$;<E+)":E )1REE A+)":")=: Arench Re/olution and *nlightenment. G0 %oints. 1. Hse the gra%hic organiBer %ro/ided to analyBe a series of %olitical cartoons de%icting themes of the Arench Re/olution. Eisual 9nter%retation 8ist the obCects you see in the cartoon. $hat do you thin( each obCect means& 9s it a symbol for something& 9f so0 e+%lain. 8ist the %eo%le you see in the cartoon Describe the action ta(ing %lace. $ho do they re%resent& *+%lain your choice.

$hy is the action im%ortant to the message&

.re there words& 6entences& 5hrases&

*+%lain what you thin( each one means& $hy did the author use them&

$hat is the message of the cartoon&

$hat s%ecial interest grou% would agree with the cartoon& *+%lain why. $hat s%ecial interest grou% would disagree with the cartoon& *+%lain why.

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