French+Revolution+Assignment

= An Introduction to the Main Ideas, Folks, Events, and Rumors of the French Revolution... =

// 1st. What is the third estate? Everything. // // 2nd. What has it been heretofore in the political order? Nothing. // // 3rd. What does it demand? To become something therein. // [|Abbe Sieyès, What is the Third Estate? (1789])

1. Using [|this site] who was Abbe Sieyes?

2. Using [|this site] scroll down and read the descriptions of the first, second, and third estate – take notes on these three groups. (Pay special attention to these things – how many people were in the third estate? of that how many were peasants? take extra special notes of the descriptions of the bourgeoisie and the peasants)

// Alas, much more lies sick than poor Louis: not the French King only, but the French Kingship; this too, after long rough tear and wear, is breaking down. The world is all so changed; so much that seemed vigorous has sunk decrepit, so much that was not is beginning to be!--Borne over the Atlantic, to the closing ear of Louis, King by the Grace of God, what sounds are these; muffled ominous, new in our centuries? Boston Harbour is black with unexpected Tea: behold a Pennsylvanian Congress gather; and ere long, on Bunker Hill, DEMOCRACY announcing, in rifle-volleys death-winged, under her Star Banner, to the tune of Yankee-doodle-doo, that she is born, and, whirlwind-like, will envelope the whole world! // [|Thomas Carlyle, //The French Revolution// (1837]) 3. What does this quote suggest influenced the French Revolution?

4. According to this site, [] , a) What is the motto of the French Revolution? b) What event sparks the Revolution? c) How do the Parisians react?

5. In complete sentences and using quotes, compare and contrast the [|Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen] with the [|Declaration of Independence].

6. “Let them eat cake” - Did Marie Antoinette [|really say it] ? (Explain your response)

7. Research and write an ID (5 Ws) for three of the following people: Marie Antoinette Georges Danton Jacques Louis David Olympe de Gouges Jean-Paul Marat Jacques Necker Maximilian Robespierre