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Deficit spending by the government and economic reform
Deficit spending Due to the seven years war and the american revolution france is deeply in debt. The government is spending more money then they have which caused deficit spending. The government kept borrowing more and more money to bridge the gap between income and expences. Half the government income went to paying interest on the enormous debt. Bad harvest sent food prices soaring and left the poor peasants and city dwellers hungry. The third estate had to pay most of the taxes. -
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Louis XVI calls estate-general
Estates-General At the end of 1788 Louis XVI summoned the estates-general to meet the following year at Versailles. All three estates prepare notebooks listing their grievances. They called for reforms such as fairer taxes, freedom of press, or regular meetings of the estates-general. -
Third stage of the reolution
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Parisians storm the Bastille
On July 14, 1789, rumors spread through the streets that the royal troops were going to occupy the capital. More then 800 parisians gathered outside the Bastille. The crowd was demanding weapons and gun powder that they believed was being stored there, The guard would not open the door and opened fire on the crowd. The raged crowd broke through the prison doors. They killed the guards and let prisoners loose but they found no weapons. -
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National Assembly Acts part 3
Louis XVI did not want to accept the reforms of the National Assembly. On october 5th about six thousand woman marched 13 miles in the rain from Paris to Versallies demanding to see the king. The leader was Marie Antoinette. The woman refused to leave Versailles untill the king met their most important demand, to return to paris. The king agreed and the next morning the crowd, the king, and his family set out for the city. -
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National Assembly Acts part 2
Many women were disappointed that the Declaration of the Rights of Man did not grant equal citizenship to them. In 1791 Olympe de Gouges demanded egual rights in her Delcaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen. She ptroclamed "Woman is born free, and her rights are the same as those of man." Therefore, "all citizens, be they man or woman, being equal in the state's eyes, must be equally eligable for all public officers, positions, and jobs." -
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National Assembly Acts
National Assembly In an all night meeting nobles of the National Assembly voted to end their own privlages such as old manorial dues, exclusive huntingrights,special legal status,and exemption from taxes. Federalism was also abolished. The assembly issued a document called the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.This document states that all men that are citizens have equal rights. -
Threats Come From Abroad
The attempted escape of Louis XVI brought further hostile rumblings from abroad. The King of Prussia and and the emperor of Austria issued the Declaration of Pilnitz. The Monarchs threatened to intervene to protect the French Monarchy. The french took the declaration seriously and prepared for war. The revolution was about to enter a new, more radical phase of change qand conflect. -
Monarchy is Abolished
The radicals took control and executed the king. They also took control of the assembly. The radicals called for the election of a new legislative body called the National Convention. The right to vote was granted to all male citizens. This convention was a more radical bosy then previous assemblies. They voted to abolish the monarchy and drew up a new constitution for France. -
Nationalism Spreads
The revolution and war gave the French people a strong sence of national identity. Nationalism spread which is a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to ones country. The french people attended civic festivals that celebrated the nation and the revolution. By 1793, France was a nation in arms. -
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Robespierre and the Regin of Terror
Region of terror The government battled counterrevolutionaries under the hand of Robespierre. Robespierre quickly rose to the leadership of the Comittee of Public Safety. He protested religious tolerance and wanted to end slavery. Revolutionary courts conducted hasty trials. Spectators greeted death sentences with cries "death to the traitors." 17,000 prisoners were exicuted by the guillotine. Many were victoms of mistaken identity or were falsely accused. in July Robespierre was arrested and exicuted. -
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Third Stage of the Revolution
Third StageThe Constitution of 1795 set up a five man Directory and a two-house legislature elected by the male citizens of property. The Directory faced growing discontent.They faced many problems such as revival royalists, emigres that returned to france,and supports of a constitutional monarchy. Peace was made with prussia and spain but the war with Austria and Great Britain continued. Napoleon would later outwit the Directory and become ruler of France
