Category: The French Revolution
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The political spectrum during the French Revolution
A great diagram to illustrate the political spectrum during the French Revolution. Original source unknown. Click to download as a PDF
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The French Revolution: Radicalisation of the Revolution, 1791-93
This revision podcast follows events from the first meeting of the Legislative Assembly in October 1791 to the execution of the King in January 1793. Growing tension between the revolutionaries and the King are explained through Louis’s decision to continue vetoing laws, the issuing of the Brunswick manifesto, and the King’s imprisonment in the Temple. …
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What happened when Louis XVI attempted to escape from Paris in the Flight to Varennes?
King Louis XVI of France and his family were caught attempting to escape Paris during the Flight to Varennes.
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The Flight to Varennes and the National Assembly lesson plan
Rationale This lesson is aimed at A Level students studying the French Revolution. Inspiration comes from the classic (yet still excellent) SHP KS3 textbook ‘Societies in Change’. I teach CIE AS Level 9389, although this lesson would work just as well for other specifications. My most recent examination breakdown highlighted the need to increase student…
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First execution using the guillotine
An overview of the invention of the Guillotine and its first use in an execution on 25th April 1792.
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The origins of ‘La Marseillaise’
On the 30th July 1792, a group of volunteer soldiers from the city of Marseille were the first to introduce and sing “La Marseillaise” in Paris.
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France’s ‘Second Revolution’: the storming of the Tuileries Palace
On the 10th August 1792, French revolutionary troops stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
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A brief overview of the execution of Louis XVI
On the 21st January 1793, former French King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
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