Class : 9th Social Studies (History)

Chapter-1: The French Revolution

- Bad harvest. - Peasants & workers participated in

- Increase in population.
- Increased demand for
food grains.
- Price of bread rose.
- Low wages of workers.
- Increase in the price of
bread.
- Wages did not keep pace
with increase in prices.
- Widened gap between the
rich & the poor.
revolts against increasing taxes.
- Social groups emerged.
- Earnings through overseas trade,
manufacture of woollen & silk
textiles.
- Philosophers emerged

A Growing Middle
The Struggle to How Subsistence
Class Envisages End
Survive Crisis Happens
to Privileges

Laws to translate the

The Revolution & Outbreak of the
ideals of liberty and
Everyday Life Revolution
equality into
everyday practice

The Abolition of
Slavery
Slavery was
abolished in French
colonies in 1848. The French
Did women have a Revolution
Revolution?

Women started their

own political clubs &
news- papers to voice France abolishes Outbreak of the
their interests. Monarchy Revolution

France abolishes France becomes a

Monarchy constitutional
A directory rules monarchy
france

-​Robespierre’s rule in France - Power was distributed among the

was known as ‘Reign of Terror’ legislature, the executive and the
-​Laws placing a maximum judiciary.
ceiling on wages & prices were - Rights like right to life, freedom of
Rise of Napoleon
issued. speech equality before law, etc., were
introduced