9 History French

Social Studies
Unit- French Society During The Late 18th Century.

Learning Objectives:
- Analyze the economic causes of the French Revolution.
-Examine the social causes of the French Revolution.
-Appraise the immediate cause of the French Revolution.
- Keywords: Livre, Tithe, Taille.
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• Starter.
• 1. Name the event took place in the year 1789.

• 2. Where is France located?
• 3. Identify the Ruler of France during the French
Revolution?
• 4. Name the fortress prison of France.
• Do research to find more about the philosophers - Voltaire
and Rousseau.
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On the morning of 14 July 1789, the city of Paris was in a state of alarm.
The king had commanded troops to move into the city. Rumours spread that he
would soon order the army to open fire upon the citizens.
Some 7,000 men and women gathered in front of the town hall and decided to form
a peoples militia. They broke into a number of government buildings in search of
arms.
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Finally, a group of several hundred people marched towards the eastern part of the
city and stormed the fortress-prison, the Bastille, where they hoped to find hoarded
ammunition.
In the armed fight that followed, the commander of the Bastille was killed and the
prisoners released though there were only seven of them.
Yet the Bastille was hated by all, because it stood for the despotic power of the king.
The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets to all
those who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction.
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The days that followed saw more rioting both in Paris and the countryside.
Most people were protesting against the high price of bread.
Much later, when historians looked back upon this time, they saw it as the
beginning of a chain of events that ultimately led to the execution of the king in
France, though most people at the time did not anticipate this outcome.
How and why did this happen?

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In 1774, Louis XVI of the Bourbon family of kings ascended the throne of France.
He was 20 years old and married to the Austrian princess Marie Antoinette.
Upon his accession the new king found an empty treasury.
Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France.
Added to this was the cost of maintaining an extravagant court at the immense
palace of Versailles.
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Under Louis XVI, France helped the thirteen American colonies to gain their
independence from the common enemy, Britain.
The war added more than a billion livres to a debt that had already risen to more
than 2 billion livres.
Lenders who gave the state credit, now began to charge 10 per cent interest on
loans.
So the French government was obliged to spend an increasing percentage of its

budget on interest payments alone
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To meet its regular expenses, such as the cost of maintaining an army, the court,
running government offices or universities, the state was forced to increase taxes.
Yet even this measure would not have sufficed.
French society in the eighteenth century was divided into three estates, and only
members of the third estate paid taxes.
The term Old Regime is usually used to describe the society and institutions of
France before 1789.
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Fig. 2 shows how the system of estates in French society was organised. Peasants
made up about 90 per cent of the population. However, only a small number of them
owned the land they cultivated.
About 60 per cent of the land was owned by nobles, the Church and other richer
members of the third estate.
The members of the first two estates, that is, the clergy and the nobility, enjoyed
certain privileges by birth. The most important of these was exemption from paying
taxes to the state.
The nobles further enjoyed feudal privileges. These included feudal dues, which they
extracted from the peasants. Peasants were obliged to render services to the lord ñ to
work in his house and fields ñ to serve in the army or to participate in building roads.
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The Church too extracted its share of taxes called tithes ( one-tenth of the
agricultural produce) from the peasants.
Finally, all members of the third estate had to pay taxes to the state.
These included a direct tax, called taille, and a number of indirect taxes which were
levied on articles of everyday consumption like salt or tobacco.
The burden of financing activities of the state through taxes was borne by the third
estate alone.
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• During the Old Regime the French Society was divided into Three Estates:
• First Estate consisted of Clergy.

• Second Estate consisted of Nobles.
• Third Estate consisted of the rest of the people.
• First and Second Estate owned more then 60% of the land, didn’t pay any taxes,
enjoyed privileges by birth, nobles enjoyed feudal privileges.
• Members of Third Estate made about 90% of the population, taxes were borne
by the Third Estate only. Third Estate carrying the burden of First & Second
Estate.
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• Development ( differentiation)
• Independent:
• Locate and label the following countries on the world map: Britain,
France, USA, Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain.
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• GROUP:
G -A- 1. 1.Inequality breeds contempt and it leads to destruction. Explain.
2. Read the cartoon – The Spider and the Fly. Children will be asked to answer the
question.
G-B- & C- 1. Make a flow chart on the Society of Estates.

• 2. Name the tax collected by the Church from the peasants.
• 3. Who had to pay taxes in the French society?
G-D- 1. Write a brief note on:

1.Why was the Bastille prison demolished?
• 2.What did it denote?
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• Plenary.
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Homework
•Explain the social and economic causes of the French Revolution.
•Read the Topic:

• Page : 3-4
•Surfing Activity:
•http://www.materlakes.org/ourpages/auto/2017/2/10/5449841
2/The%20French%20Revolution%20Begins.pdf
Social Studies
- Analyze the struggle to survive in the French society.
-Examine the emergence of middle class in the French society.
-Evaluate the role of French philosophers for the outbreak of the revolution.
- Keywords: Subsistence crisis, Divine right of monarchs, Treatises.
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Starter.
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The Struggle to Survive:
• Population rose ( from about 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789 ) led to a

rapid increase in demand for food grains.
• Production could not keep pace with the demand this led to the rise in prices of
the essential items.
• But wages did not keep pace with the rise in prices. The gap between poor and
rich widened.
• Years of bad harvest led to Subsistence Crisis.
A Growing Middle Class Envisages an End to Privileges:
Revolts against increasing taxes and food scarcity was left to groups within the third
estate who had become prosperous and had access to education and new ideas.
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Eighteenth century saw the emergence of middle class who earned their wealth
through an expanding overseas trade and from the manufacture of goods such as
woollen and silk textiles.
In addition to the merchants and manufacturers the third estate included lawyers or
administrative officials. These were educated and believed that no group should be
privileged by birth. A person’s social position must depend on his merit.
These envisaged a society based on freedom, equal laws and opportunities for all
(ideas put forward by the philosophers).
In his Two Treatises of Government, John Locke sought to refute the doctrine of the
divine and absolute right of the monarch.
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Rousseau proposed a form of government based on a Social Contract between people and
their representatives.
In the Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu proposed a division of power within the government
between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary. This model of government was put
into force in the USA, after the thirteen colonies declared their independence from Britain.
The American constitution and its guarantee of individual rights was an important example
for political thinkers in France.
The ideas of these philosophers were discussed intensively in salons and coffee-houses and
spread among people through books and newspapers. These were frequently read aloud in
groups for the benefit of those who could not read and write.
The news that Louis XVI planned to impose further taxes to enable the state to meet its
expenses generated anger and protest against the system of privileges.
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• Independent:
•Write a short paragraph about the Indian legislature, executive and

judiciary.
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• GROUP:
 G -A- 1. Narrate the influence of books in our lives.
• Assess the role of philosophers in the French Revolution of 1789.
G-B- & C- 1• How can we bridge the gap between the rich and the poor.
• 2. State the vicious feature of the Old Regime in France.

1. Subsistence crisis.
2. Divine Right Theory.
3. Name the three main organs of the government.
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• Plenary.
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• Homework
•Find out more about any two of the Revolutionary figures from this chapter. Write a
short biography of those persons.
•Read the Topic:

• Page : 5-7
•http://www.materlakes.org/ourpages/auto/2017/2/10/54498412/The%20French%20Re
volution%20Begins.pdf
Social Studies
- Assess the role of Estates General in French polity.
-Examine why the third estate walked out of the assembly hall.
-Evaluate the significance of the Tennis Court Oath.
- Keywords: The Estates General, Feudal privilege.
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• Starter:
1. Identify the French king

2. Why did he want to raise tax?
3. How do you elect your representatives in a democratic election?.
Social Studies
Unit- The Outbreak of the Revolution
- Keywords: The Estates General, Feudal privilege.
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• In France of the Old Regime the monarch did not have the power to impose taxes
according to his will alone. Rather he had to call a meeting of the Estates General
which would then pass his proposals for new taxes. The Estates General was a
political body to which the three estates sent their representatives.
• On 5 May 1789, Louis XVI called together an assembly of the Estates General to
pass proposals for new taxes. The first and second estates sent 300
representatives each, while the the third estate had 600 members.
• The third estate was represented by its more prosperous and educated members.
Peasants, artisans and women were denied entry to the assembly. However, their
grievances and demands were listed in some 40,000 letters which the
representatives had brought with them.
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- Keywords: The Estates General, Feudal privilege
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• Voting in the Estates General in the past had been conducted according to the
principle that each estate had one vote. This time too Louis XVI was determined
to continue the same practice.
• But members of the third estate demanded that voting now be conducted by the
assembly as a whole, where each member would have one vote ( one of the
democratic principles put forward by Rousseau in his book The Social Contract ).
• When the king rejected this proposal, members of the third estate walked out of
the assembly in protest.
• On 20 June they assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in the grounds of
Versailles. They declared themselves a National Assembly and swore not to
disperse till they had drafted a constitution for France that would limit the
powers of the monarch. They were led by Mirabeau and Abbé Sieyès.
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• Mirabeau:
• Mirabeau Mirabeau was born in a noble family but was convinced of the need to
do away with a society of feudal privilege. He brought out a journal and delivered
powerful speeches to the crowds assembled at Versailles.
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Abbé Sieyès:
• Abbé Sieyès Abbé Sieyès, originally a priest, wrote an influential pamphlet called
What is the Third Estate?
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• Independent:
G -A- 1. What if taxes are not paid by the people in a country? Explain its
consequences in your own words.
G-B & C- How does inequality among the people shatter the growth and development
of a nation? Shed light on the scenario.
G-D-• Write two short paragraphs in your own words about:

First estate.
b. Second estate.
c. Third estate.
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• GROUP:
G -A- 1. What if rulers do not look after the welfare of the people in a country? What
will be the consequences? Describe in your own words.
G-B & C- 1. Write the merits and demerits of the following types of government.
(a) Monarchy (b) Democracy
Why democratic form of government is preferred by most countries of the world? Give
reasons.
G-D-• Write two short paragraphs in your own words about:
1.Estates General.
2.Tennis Court Oath.
3.List the groups who were denied entry into the assembly.
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• Plenary.
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• Homework
•Research to find more information about the influence of French revolution to
the world.
•Read the Topic:

• Page : 8-9
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influence_of_the_French_Revolution
Social Studies
- Describe the impact of the severe winter in France in 1789.
-Analyze the decree passed by the National Assembly in 1789.
-Evaluate the constitutional draft of France in 1791.
- Keywords: Absolute Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy. Manor, Chateau.
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Starter:
1. Did France witness such queues? 2. Why they had to wait in long queues?
Social Studies
- Keywords: Absolute Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, Manor, Chateau.
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While the National Assembly was busy at Versailles drafting a constitution, the rest
of France seethed with turmoil.
Due to severe winter, the harvest was not good. The price of bread rose and
hoarders exploited the situation. There was not enough supply of their daily bread.
Angry women stormed into the shops.
At the same time, the king ordered troops to move into Paris. On 14 July, the
agitated crowd stormed and destroyed the Bastille.
In the countryside peasants attacked chateau, looted hoarded grain and burnt down
documents containing record of manorial dues. A large number of nobles fled from
their homes, many of them migrating to neighbouring countries.
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Louis XVI finally approved the National Assembly and accepted the principle that his
powers would from now on be checked by a constitution.
On the night of 4 August 1789, the Assembly passed a decree abolishing the feudal
system of obligations and taxes. Members of the clergy too were forced to give up
their privileges. Tithes were abolished and lands owned by the Church were
confiscated.
France becomes a constitutional monarchy:

The National Assembly completed the draft of the constitution in 1791. Its main
object was to limit the powers of the monarch. These powers instead of being
concentrated in the hands of one person, were now separated and assigned to
different institutions -the legislature, executive and judiciary. This made France a
constitutional monarchy.
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The Constitution of 1791 gave the power to make laws to the National Assembly,
which was indirectly elected.
That is, citizens voted for a group of electors, who in turn chose the Assembly.
Not all citizens, however, had the right to vote.
Only men above 25 years of age who paid taxes equal to at least 3 days of a
labourer’s wage were given the status of active citizens, that is, they were entitled to
vote.
The remaining men and all women were classed as passive citizens. To qualify as an
elector and then as a member of the Assembly, a man had to belong to the highest
bracket of taxpayers.
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The Constitution began with a Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. Rights
such as :
the right of life,
freedom of speech,
freedom of opinion,
equality before law,
were established as ‘natural and inalienable’ rights, that is they belonged to each
human being by birth and could not be taken away. It was the duty of the state to
protect each citizen’s natural rights.
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Broken chain: Eye radiating light: Snake form a ring: Blue-white-red:
Bundle of rod Sceptre: Phrygian cap: Winged woman: Law tablet:

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• Independent:
G -A- 1. Suggest some laws at your school and at home to upgrade yourselves in
academics and discipline. Illustrate in your own words.
G-B- & C-1. How did the Constitution of 1791 make France a constitutional
monarchy?
G-D- 1-
Draw the following political symbols with brief description for each.
1. The broken chain. 2. Red Phrygian cap. 3. Sceptre. 4. Snake biting its tail to form a
ring. 5. The Law Tablet.
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• GROUP:
G -A- 1. What if there is shortage of food and unemployment in a country?
Explain the effects in your own words.
G-B- & C-1. Why the following rights are considered essential for human lives.
1. Equality before law. 2. Freedom of speech. 3.Right to life.
G-D- 1. Write a brief note on the following.
a. Tennis Court oath.

b. Abbe Sieyes.
c. Chateau and Manor
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• PLENARY
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• Homework
• Research to find more information about the Constitution of France.
• Read the Topic:

• Page : 9-10
• Surfing Activity:
• https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/France_2008
Social Studies
Unit- France Abolishes Monarchy and Becomes a Republic.
- Explain the situation in France after the declaration of Constitutional monarchy.
-Analyze the impact of the revolutionary wars on the people.
-Discuss the various characteristic features of the Jacobins.
- Keywords: Convent, Marseillies, Manor, Jacobins.
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Starter:
1. Locate Austria on the map of Europe.

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• Although Louis XVI had signed the Constitution, he entered into secret
negotiations with the king of Prussia.
• The National Assembly voted in April 1792 to declare war against Prussia and
Austria.
• People saw this as a war of the people against kings and aristocracies all over
Europe. Among the patrotic songs they sang was the Marseillaise, composed by
the poet Roget de L’Isle. It was first sung by the volunteers from Marseilles as
they marched into Paris. The Marseillaise is now the national anthem of France.
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• The revolutionary wars brought losses and economic difficulties to the people.
While the men were away fighting at the front, women were left to cope with the
tasks of earning a living and looking after their families.
• Large sections of the population were convinced that the revolution had to be
carried further, as the Constitution of 1791 gave political rights only to the richer
sections of society.
• Political clubs became an important rallying point for people who wished to
discuss government policies and plan their own forms of action. The most
successful of these clubs was that of the Jacobins, which got its name from the
former convent of St Jacob in Paris.
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The members of the Jacobin club belonged mainly to the less prosperous sections of
society. They included small shopkeepers, artisans such as shoemakers, pastry
cooks, watch-makers, printers, as well as servants and daily-wage workers. Their
leader was Maximilian Robespierre. A large group among the Jacobins decided to
start wearing long striped trousers similar to those worn by dock workers. This was
to distinguish themselves from the fashionable sections of society, especially nobles,
who wore knee breeches. It was a way of proclaiming the end of the power enjoyed
by the wearers of knee breeches. These Jacobins came to be known as the sans-
culottes, literally meaning ‘those without knee breeches’. Sans-culottes men wore in
addition the red cap that symbolized liberty.
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• Independent:
G:A- 1. What does the picture depict?
2. Give a brief description about the Statue of Liberty.
G:B & C- 1. Role of political clubs in France during the French revolution.
2. Who got political rights in France as per the constitution of 1791?
G:D- 1. Why did the National Assembly declare war on Austria and Prussia?
2. How did the national anthem of France get its name Marseillaise?
3. Why did the Jacobins put on long striped trousers?
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Development ( differentiation)
GROUP:
G:A- 1. Give reasons why monarchical form of government had disappeared and is
disappearing?
2. Give a brief description about your role in the class and the school.
G-B- & C-1. Discuss the various characteristic features of the Jacobins.
2. Infer the role of women in the revolutionary France.

(a) Republic (b) Roget de L’Isle ( c ) Jacobins (d) Louis XVI
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PLENARY
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Homework
Find out any one of the revolutionary figures of Jacobin Club. Write a short
biography of this person.
Read the Topic:

Page : 14-15
Surfing Activity:
http://thoughtcrackers.blogspot.ae/2015/09/the-french-revolution-france-
abolishes.html
Social Studies
- Explain the insurrection on the Palace of the Tuileries.
-Analyze the measures taken by Robespierre to bring equality in France.
-Evaluate the Reign of Terror in France.
- Keywords: Insurrection, Convention, Treason, Guillotine.
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Starter.
1. Give a brief description about the picture.

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In the summer of 1792 the Jacobins planned an insurrection of a large number of
Parisians who were angered by the short supplies and high prices of food.
On the morning of August 10 they stormed the Palace of the Tuileries, massacred
the king’s guards and held the king himself as hostage for several hours.
Later the Assembly voted to imprison the royal family. Elections were held. From
now on all men of 21 years and above, regardless of wealth, got the right to vote.
The newly elected assembly was called the Convention. On 21 September 1792 it
abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic.
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Louis XVI was sentenced to death by a court on the charge of treason. On 21 January
1793 he was executed publicly at the Place de la Concorde. The queen Marie
Antoinette met with the same fate shortly after.
The period from 1793 to 1794 is referred to as the Reign of Terror. Robespierre
followed a policy of severe control and punishment. All those whom he saw as being
.enemies. of the republic - ex-nobles and clergy, members of other political parties,
even members of his own party who did not agree with his methods . were arrested,
imprisoned and then tried by a revolutionary tribunal.
If the court found them guilty. They were guillotined. The guillotine is a device
consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person is beheaded. It was named
after Dr Guillotin who invented it.
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Robespierre’s government issued laws placing a maximum ceiling on wages and
prices. Peasants were forced to transport their grain to the cities and sell it at prices
fixed by the government.
The use of more expensive white flour was forbidden; all citizens were required to
eat the pain d’égalité (equality bread), a loaf made of wholewheat.
Equality was also sought to be practised through forms of speech and address.
Instead of the traditional Monsieur (Sir) and Madame (Madam) all French men and
women were henceforth Citoyen and Citoyenne (Citizen).
Churches were shut down and their buildings converted into barracks or offices.
Robespierre pursued his policies so relentlessly that even his supporters began to
demand moderation. Finally, he was convicted by a court in July 1794, arrested and
on the next day sent to the guillotine.
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A Directory Rules France:
The fall of the Jacobin government allowed the wealthier middle classes to seize
power.
A new constitution was introduced which denied the vote to non-propertied sections
of society.
It provided for two elected legislative councils. These then appointed a Directory, an
executive made up of five members. This was meant as a safeguard against the
concentration of power in a one-man executive as under the Jacobins.
But the Directors often clashed with the legislative councils, who then sought to
dismiss them. The political instability of the Directory paved the way for the rise of a
military dictator, Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Independent:
G:A-1. Explain the strength and weakness of democracy.
2. Democracy is the best form of government”. Do you believe? Give reasons.
G:B&C-1. Give a brief description about the Reign of Terror.

2. Narrate the policy followed by Maximilian Robespierre.
G:C- 1. Who were considered as the enemies by Robespierre?

2. What was the charge against Louis XVI?
3. Who invented guillotine?
4. Define the term guillotine.
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GROUP:
G -A- 1. Discuss the various provisions of the Constitution of 1791 of France.
2. Where you can find the statue of Lady Justice and what does it indicate.
G-B- & C- 1.Differentiate between the Absolute Monarchy and the Constitutional
Monarchy.
2. Who were the active and passive citizens of France? Explain briefly.
G-D- 1.Draw up a list of any 5 democratic rights we enjoy today whose origins
could be traced to the French Revolution.
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PLENARY
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Homework
Research why the period from 1793 to 1794 referred to as the Reign of Terror in the
history of France.
Read the Topic:

Page : 15-17
Surfing Activity:
http://www.historywiz.com/terror.htm
Social Studies
Unit- Did Women have A Revolution
-Explain the condition of women in French society.
-Analyze the new laws introduced by the revolutionary government in the early years.
-Evaluate women’s struggle for equal political rights.
- Keywords: Seamstresses, Passive citizens.
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From the very beginning women were active participants in the events which
brought about so many important changes in French society. They hoped that their
involvement would pressurise the revolutionary government to introduce measures
to improve their lives.
Most women of the third estate had to work for a living. They worked as
seamstresses or laundresses, sold flowers, fruits and vegetables at the market, or
were employed as domestic servants in the houses of prosperous people. Most
women did not have access to education or job training.
Only daughters of nobles or wealthier members of the third estate could study at a
convent, after which their families arranged a marriage for them. Working women
had also to care for their families, that is, cook, fetch water, queue up for bread and
look after the children. Their wages were lower than those of men.
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In order to discuss and voice their interests women started their own political clubs
and newspapers.
About sixty women’s clubs came up in different French cities. The Society of
Revolutionary and Republican Women was the most famous of them.
One of their main demands was that women enjoy the same political rights as men.
Women were disappointed that the Constitution of 1791 reduced them to passive
citizens. They demanded the right to vote, to be elected to the Assembly and to hold
political office.
Only then, they felt, would their interests be represented in the new government.
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In the early years, the revolutionary government did introduce laws that helped
improve the lives of women.
Together with the creation of state schools, schooling was made compulsory for all
girls.
Their fathers could no longer force them into marriage against their will.
Marriage was made into a contract entered into freely and registered under civil law.
Divorce was made legal, and could be applied for by both women and men.
Women could now train for jobs, could become artists or run small businesses.
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Women’s struggle for equal political rights, however, continued. During the Reign of
Terror, the new government issued laws ordering closure of women’s clubs and
banning their political activities. Many prominent women were arrested and a
number of them executed.
Women’s movements for voting rights and equal wages continued through the next
two hundred years in many countries of the world.
The fight for the vote was carried out through an international suffrage movement
during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The example of the
political activities of French women during the revolutionary years was kept alive as
an inspiring memory.
It was finally in 1946 that women in France won the right to vote
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Independent:
G:A- 1. Write a paragraph about the woman who influenced you most in your life.
2. How did the Reign of Terror suppressed women in France?
3. The author of Declaration of Rights of the Rights of Woman and Citizens.
4. Why were women disappointed by the constitution of 1791?
5. In which year French women got suffrage right?
G:B & C- 1. DITTO

G:D- 1. DITTO
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GROUP:
G:A- 1. 1. Write a paragraph about the Kathua incident in Jammu.
2. Suggest measures to prevent atrocities against women.
G-B- & C-1. Appraise the role of women in a family and society.
2. Examine the role of women in French society.

(a) Women’s club. (b) Revolutionary government improves the lives of
women. ( c ) Women’s movements for voting rights.
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PLENARY
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Homework
Compare the status of French women during the revolutionary days and the present
day.
Read the Topic:

Page : 18-19
Surfing Activity:
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap5a.html
Social Studies
Unit- The Abolition of Slavery.
-Discuss about the beginning of slave trade.
-Analyze about the exploitation of slave labour.
-Evaluate the role of National Assembly and Convention in the abolition of slavery.
- Keywords: Negroes, Indigo, Plantations.
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One of the most revolutionary social reforms of the Jacobin regime was the abolition
of slavery in the French colonies.
The colonies in the Caribbean - Martinique, Guadeloupe and San Domingo - were
important suppliers of commodities such as tobacco, indigo, sugar and coffee.
But the reluctance of Europeans to go and work in distant and unfamiliar lands
meant a shortage of labour on the plantations. So this was met by a triangular slave
trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas
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The slave trade began in the seventeenth century.
French merchants sailed from the ports of Bordeaux or Nantes to the African coast,
where they bought slaves from local chieftains.
Branded and shackled, the slaves were packed tightly into ships for the three-month
long voyage across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. There they were sold to plantation
owners.
The exploitation of slave labour made it possible to meet the growing demand in
European markets for sugar, coffee, and indigo. Port cities like Bordeaux and Nantes
owed their economic prosperity to the flourishing slave trade.
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Throughout the eighteenth century there was little criticism of slavery in France.
The National Assembly held long debates about whether the rights of man should
be extended to all French subjects including those in the colonies. But it did not pass
any laws, fearing opposition from businessmen whose incomes depended on the
slave trade.
It was finally the Convention which in 1794 legislated to free all slaves in the French
overseas possessions. This, however, turned out to be a short-term measure: ten
years later, Napoleon reintroduced slavery.
Plantation owners understood their freedom as including the right to enslave African
Negroes in pursuit of their economic interests. Slavery was finally abolished in
French colonies in 1848.
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Unit- The Revolution And Everyday Life.
-Discuss the legacy of the French revolution.
-Analyze the abolition of censorship in France.
-Evaluate the role of Napoleon as a modernizer of Europe.
- Keywords: Censorship, Waterloo, Feudal system.
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Starter:
1. Identify the person who became the emperor of France.

2. Name the battle at which he was defeated.
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The years following 1789 in France saw many such changes in the lives of men,
women and children.
The revolutionary governments passed laws that translated the ideals of liberty and
equality into everyday practice.
One important law that came into effect soon after the storming of the Bastille in
the summer of 1789 was the abolition of censorship.
In the Old Regime all written material and cultural activities . books, newspapers,
plays could be published or performed only after they had been approved by the
censors of the king.
Now the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen proclaimed freedom of speech
and expression to be a natural right.
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Newspapers, pamphlets, books and printed pictures flooded the towns of France
from where they travelled rapidly into the countryside. They all described and
discussed the events and changes taking place in France.
Freedom of the press also meant that opposing views of events could be expressed.
Each side sought to convince the others of its position through the medium of print.
Plays, songs and festive processions attracted large numbers of people.
This was one way they could grasp and identify with ideas such as liberty or justice
that political philosophers wrote about at length in texts which only a handful of
educated people could read.
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Conclusion
In 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France. He set out to
conquer neighbouring European countries, dispossessing dynasties and creating
kingdoms where he placed members of his family.
Napoleon saw his role as a moderniser of Europe. He introduced many laws such as
the protection of private property and a uniform system of weights and measures
provided by the decimal system. Initially, many saw Napoleon as a liberator who
would bring freedom for the people.
But soon the Napoleonic armies came to be viewed everywhere as an invading

force. He was finally defeated at Waterloo in 1815. Many of his measures that
carried the revolutionary ideas of liberty and modern laws to other parts of Europe
had an impact on people long after Napoleon had left.
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The ideas of liberty and democratic rights were the most important legacy of the
French Revolution.
These spread from France to the rest of Europe during the nineteenth century,
where feudal systems were abolished.
Colonised peoples reworked the idea of freedom from bondage into their
movements to create a sovereign nation state.
Tipu Sultan and Rammohan Roy are two examples of individuals who responded to
the ideas coming from revolutionary France.
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Independent:
G:A- 1. Distinguish between democratic and non-democratic form of government.
2. How ideas can be conveyed to those who are not able to read or write.
3. What were the legacies of the French revolution?
G:B & C- 1. Distinguish between democratic and non-democratic form of
government.
G:D- 1. Distinguish between democratic and non-democratic form of government.

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GROUP:
G:A- 1. What would happen if freedom of press is not given in a country? Explain.
2. Suggest solutions to overcome the problem of corrupt government.
G-B- & C-1. Examine the impact of the abolition of censorship in France.
2. Explain about Napoleon Bonaparte as the emperor of France.

(a) New laws of Napoleon and its impact.(b) Censorship in the Old
Regime.( c ) Impact of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
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PLENARY
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Homework
Prepare bio-sketches of Rammohan Roy and Tipu Sultan.
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Unit- French Society During The Late 18th Century.

• 1. Name the event took place in the year 1789.

Most people were protesting against the high price of bread.

How and why did this happen?

Upon his accession the new king found an empty treasury.

Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France.

So the French government was obliged to spend an increasing percentage of its

• First Estate consisted of Clergy.

G-B- & C- 1. Make a flow chart on the Society of Estates.

G-D- 1. Write a brief note on:

•Read the Topic:

• Population rose ( from about 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789 ) led to a

•Write a short paragraph about the Indian legislature, executive and

G-D- 1. Write a brief note on:

•Read the Topic:

1. Identify the French king

G-D-• Write two short paragraphs in your own words about:

•Read the Topic:

France becomes a constitutional monarchy:

Broken chain: Eye radiating light: Snake form a ring: Blue-white-red:

Bundle of rod Sceptre: Phrygian cap: Winged woman: Law tablet:

G-D- 1. Write a brief note on the following.

a. Tennis Court oath.

• Read the Topic:

1. Locate Austria on the map of Europe.

G-D- 1. Write a brief note on:

Read the Topic:

1. Give a brief description about the picture.

G:B&C-1. Give a brief description about the Reign of Terror.

G:C- 1. Who were considered as the enemies by Robespierre?

Read the Topic:

G:B & C- 1. DITTO

G-D- 1. Write a brief note on:

Read the Topic:

1. Identify the person who became the emperor of France.

But soon the Napoleonic armies came to be viewed everywhere as an invading

G:D- 1. Distinguish between democratic and non-democratic form of government.

G-D- 1. Write a brief note on:

Read the Topic:

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