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The Estates-General
Estates-GeneralThe French Society was coming close to bankruptcy. Bread riots broke out becasue of high prices. Loius summoned the Estates-General to meet in Versailles. Because of the "head count" rule, the first two estates would always team up and win against the Third Estate.The clergy and nobility estates were worrying about having to pay taxes and leaving their luxorious lives behind. -
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France's new government
VersaillesFrance was reborn during this time. Laws were passed saying that the Nobles and "upper classmen" would need to start paying taxes because France is so far into debt and saying that every man is equal (The Estates are now gone). In October 5, over 6,000 women marched to Versailles to make the King come to Paris. He did so and he was now controled by the people. The Constitution of 1791 was established, and France now had a limited monarchy government. Louis also tried to escape but failed. -
French Society Division
The French Society was divided into 3 different Estates. The First Estate held the clergy. They were the top dogs, underneath the king. The did not have to pay taxes. The Second Estate held the nobility. They had power but not as much as the clergy. The could tell the people in the last estate what to do. The Third Estate had everyone else from peasants to Bourgeoisie. They were at the bottom of the food chain with the least amount of money, and they had to pay all the taxes. -
The Bastille
There were rumors spreading around that the King was going to send troops to Paris. 800 Parisians were angry and destroyed the guards and everything that was left of the Bastille.This destruction was represented as years of abuse by the monarchy in France. -
Declaration of Pilnitz
The King of Prussia and emperor of Austria issured the Declaration of Pilnitz. It consisted of threats of two monarchs that would intervene to protect the French Monarchy from becoming a republic. Revolutionaries in France took this seriously and prepared for battle, sending troops out. -
Legislative Assembly
the newly elected Legislative assembly took office. Economic problems fed renewed turmoil. Prices rose, and food shortages made people stock up and hoard food. Sans-Culottes wanted a republic government, not a monarch. Moderate reformers and political officials wanted no more reforms at all. Radicals held the upper hand in the legislative assembly. The Legislative Assembly declared war first on Austria then Prussia, Britain, and other states because they still have monarch governments. -
Abolishing the old France (Part 1)
In August, the Parisians stormed the royal palace looking for the queen to possibly kill her. The parisians killed all of the guards, but the royal family got away just in time. A month later, 12,000 prisoners were killed because they consisted of many nobles and priests. France wanted to abolish everything that had a remenance of the time before the new government. In September at the convention, the Jacobins established that they should be running this republic government. They took away any -
Abolishing the old France (part 2)
They were taking away any titles or land from the people to restart and make sure that nothing was left from the past. The King was also executed to show the start of the new France. -
Committee of Public Safety
Early 1973, France was at war with Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, And Prissia. To deal with all of the threats of Europe, the Convention created the Committee of Public Safety. They tried to turn the revolution around by preparing for war and making citizens pay for war. France carried "Freedom Fever" as they kept beating other countries. Robespierre soon became leader of the Commitee. The reign of terror spread across France, and it consisted of many trials that sentenced people to death. -
Constitution of 1793
This constituiton consisted of a five man Directory and a two-house legislative elected by make citizens of property. Many things were going on such as war with Britain continued, bread prises caused riots, and threats to the Directory which was the revival of royalist feelings. As chaos threatened, politicians turned to Napolean Bonaparte, a military leader who had many victorious battles. -
Ending this Revolution
The Revolution has changed a lot about France. They abolished the estates, overthrew the monarchy, and brought the church under state control. The Revolution and wars helped to spread nationalism because they were finally on a streak of winning battles. France, the nation in arms had marched to a song that later became their national anthem. State schools were set up, people were becoming more educated, and even slavery was abolished. Social Reform occurred in France.
