Unit 8 Edmund Burke好文档.ppt

1、Unit VIII Edmund Burke,Reflections on the Revolution In France,Contents,Part I Pre-test as Lead-in Part II Background Information Part III Text Study Part IV Aftermath hunger spreading; rising prices states effective bankruptcy due to the enormous cost of previous wars Royal indifferent to, the hard

2、ships of the lower classes social resentment stimulated by the rise of enlightenment thoughts,Process In July of 1789, the assault of the Bastille; On 4 August 1789, the National Constituent Assembly abolished feudalism; On 26 August 1789, the Assembly published the Declaration of the Rights of Man

3、and of the Citizen On 6 October 1789, the King and the royal family moved from Versailles to Paris; Louis XVI was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793; The Coup of 18 Brumaire (雾月18日政变),Glorious Revolution,Causes King James IIs favor for Catholicism and attempt for return to the Divine Right fo

4、r Kings, while the parliament alert to it; James II fathered a son on 10 June, 1688, which made a Catholic king possible.,Process and effects Already troubled by the Kings Catholicism and his close ties with France, key leaders of the Tories united with members of the opposition Whigs and set out to

5、 resolve the crisis by inviting William of Orange, Dutch leader and husband of Mary, to invade England. They raised army and invaded England. James II fled his country for France. On 28 December, 1688 William took over the provisional government. On 13 February, the clerk of the House of Lords read the Declaration of Right, also called the Bill of Rights 1689, and asked William and Mary to accept the throne. The Bill of Rights also vindicated and as