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Spending by the gov. and economic Reform
The govenment was spending more money than it was takeing in. Mostly because of Louis XIV, he left france deap in debt.The Seven Year's War and the American Revolution really strained there treashury. And the men louis XVI highered to solve the economic crisis where not the right men for the job. But he did wisely choose Jcques Necker a financial expert as a advisor.Necker urged the king to reduce court spending, reform government, quit tariffs on internal trade, and more, But later fired him. -
Louis XVI Calls the Esates-General
France was on the verde of bankruptcy. Bread riots wherer spreading and nobles fearful of taxes where denouncing royal tyranny. Louis then finally summoned the Estates-General to meet the following year. For preperashon Louis prepared cahiers so the people could list there grievances.But they where dreadlocked over the issue of voting. So they met in a locked and garded tennis cort and voted by head. They declaired themselves the "National Assembly" -
Storming the Basteal
More than 800 parisians assembled outside the Bastille. It was a place where wepons and gunpowder wher ebeleved to be stored.
They attacked and broke threw the defenses, they released a handful of prisoners who where being held there. But found no wepons. This was a wakke-up call to King Louis XVI -
Women's March
On October 5 six thousand women marched to Versailles. They demanded to see the king. When that got to the king (killing gards and putting thair heads on pikes) they made him go back to Paris. Thair he and his family remained a prisoner's of Paris. -
Rights of Man
In late August the assembly issued a Declarationof rights of man and the Citizen. It declaired that they where born and remain free and equal in rights. It also allowed the freedom or religion, called for taxes to be levied according to abillity to pay. They did meet resistance. -
Church
Even more radical move the National Assembly put the Catholic Church under state control. A Civlil constitution was made but they refused to sighn it,and rejected chainges. -
Constitution
The national Assembly compleated its main task by produceing a constitution. it set up a limited monarchy in place of the absolute monarchy that had ruled france for a long time. It made a bunch of importiant chainges in france. -
Radicals declare war
The radicals soone held the upper handin the legislative assembly. In 1792 the war of words moved into the battlefeild. The legislative assembly declaired war first on Austria, then Prissia, Britain and other states. They thought the french would be beat easy but the war lasted from 1792 to 1815 -
Threats from abroad
A crowd of Parisians stoormed the royal palace, and slottered the kings gards. But the royal family fled to the legislative Assembly, escapeing befor the mob got to them. A month later citizens attacked prisonsthat held nobles and priests. They killed about 1,200 prisoners.The acts where called "September massacres" -
Monarchy is abolished
The convention met in September 1792. It voted to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic. They drew up a new constitution for France. The Jacobins set out after the constitution was wrote to erase all traces of the older one. -
Spred of Nationalism
Revolution and war gave the french a strong sense of national identity. Nationalism is a strong feeling of pride in devotion to ones country. They had made meny civic festivals that celebrated the nation. -
Robespieree and the reign of Terror
Robespierre was a shrewd lawyer, and politician. He rose quickly in the leadershp. He was one of the chief architects of the Reign of Terror. It lasted from 1793 to 1794. Anyone who did not compleatly agreed with the revolution was broght to cort and givin a speedy trile wich almost always led to the guillotine. -
Third Stage of the Revolution
In reaction to the Terror, the revolution entered the third stage. The convention produced the third constitution. It consisted of a five man Directory and a two-house legislature. The Directory made peace with Prussia and Spain, but war with Austria and Great Briton continued. After al while they seeked help from a popular war hero Napoleon
