Transcript Locke - “ All men created equal”

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Background
Absolute Monarchy - Divine Right
Enlightenment..extension of Humanism
Voltaire “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend
to the death your right to say it”
Locke - “ All men created equal” Government exist only
to protect Life, Liberty and Property”
Rousseau “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in
chains”
Montesquieu - Separation of Government
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Background
Influence of the American Revolution
 “All

men created equal”
Arms against Tyranny
(unjust rule)

Republic / not Monarchy
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Marie Antoinette
Old Order
Louis XVI
Versailles
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Old Order
ESTATES
First Estate-
Clergy
Second Estate- Nobility
Third Estate- Peasants and
Bourgeoisie
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 Louis’ Financial
Problems
 Calling of the
Estates General
 Tennis Court Oath
Causes
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Storming of the Bastille
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Storming of the Bastille
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“Great Fear”
Emigres
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National Assembly
Jacobins- radicals
Girondists- moderates
Royalists
New Constitutional Government
“Declaration of the Rights of Man”
(All men created equal….freedom of….)
Left
Radical
Liberal
Right
Moderate
Conservative
Reactionary
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Reign of Terror
Committee of Public Safety
…searching for enemies of the state
Robespierre
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Reign of Terror
Louis
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Reign of Terror
FRENCH REVOLUTION
Maximillian Robespierre
Leader of the
Committee of
Public Safety
Lasted from July of
1793-July of 1794
Louis
Robespierre and other radicals executed.