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1792 BCE
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 1791-1792
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 1791-1792
Luis XVI had to accpet the constitution and a Legislative Assembly was formed in 1791, France now had a constitutional Monarchy.
•In Europe, other Absolutist Monarchs feared the ideas of the French Revolution, so finally Austria and Prussia declared was on France. -
Boston tea party
Inform order not to delivery party of the supplies to the government, the dumped the entre shipment of tea to the sea.
The settlers believed that it violated their rights así englishment not to tax. Boston tea party was a significative event in the growth of the American Revolution, was in 1773. -
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Independence of America
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Virginia declaration of Rights
The Virginia declaration of rights was redacted in 1776 to proclamate the rights of the men, incluyed the rights to reform a Gorverment inadequate. Incluyed in many documents like the Declaration of Independence of Unite State. The article one said that all men are free anda indepence, others can't private or deprive their posterity -
Declaration of independence
Was aproved by the Continental Congress in 4 of July of 1776 and anunced the Separation of 13 colonies of Britain. They say that "All state has the right to be free and be independence. The Declaration since 1952 has resided in National Archives in Washigton, before, has many homes and protectors, incluyed the Departament of rights -
The National Assembly
Formed by the Third Estate where they took their own decisions.The main aim of the National Assembly was to form a constitutional monarchy and to curb the powers of the church and nobility. -
Measures of the National Constituent Assembly
Led by the Girondists whose objective was to write a constitution of France. This Assembly had made the next measures: First of all, it abolished feudal rights, such as privileges and the taxes of the nobility and the church. Secondly, they declared the Rights of Man and of Citizen that proposed equal taxes and laws for everyone as well as personal liberty and property rights. -
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The Constitutional Monarchy
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The Tennis Court Oath
It was an agreement to stay together until France had a constitution. Swored by the National Assembly in a nearby building since Louis XVI closed the hall where they usually met. -
The storming of the Bastille
Produced due to the fear of the people that the king would dissolve the National Constituent Assenmbly, so they attacked the prison of the Bastille, which was the symbol of the absolutism, to get weapons in Paris. -
Third measure of the National Constituent Assembly
And finally, the third measure is the First Constitution of France which proposed popular sovereignty, separation of powers and censitary suffrage where only the wealthiest men over the age of 25 had right to vote. -
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National Convention
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Monarchy abolished
The monarchy was abolished due to the elections to form a new assembly where all men could vote, the National Convention, controlled by girondins and jacobins who had legislative and executive powers. -
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The First Coalition
It was produced by the previous events(the abolished monarchy and the execution of the monarchs), an alliance where Britain joined Austria and Prussia to stop the Revolution. -
Louis XVI and his wife executed
Both monarchs were executed due to the radical revolutionares who believed that the reforms of the legislative Assembly was not enough (Jacobins) and the nobility who wanted to remain their privileges which unleashed in thoughts of conspiration aganist the king who apparently took off public liberty. -
The Second Constitution
It was wrote by the Jacobins who intended to replace the Constitutional Monarchy of the 1791 year and the Girondin constitutional project. However, it was never implemented. It promised a significant departure from the relatively moderate goals of the Revolution in previous years. -
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The dictatorship
Also called as the Reign of Terror because of the leadership of Robespierre over the Jacobins who had the powers of the National Convention. 50.000 were executed even with no proofs. -
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Directory
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Robespierre executed
Moderate revolutionaries arrested him who tried to kill himself. He shot himself in a foiled suicide attempt, a poor shot as he blew off his jaw and survived. When the Convention members came to collect him, they found Robespierre lying in agony and a few of his other allies dead. Later that day, he was guillotined. -
Third Constitution
The 1795 Constitution established a liberal republic with a tax-based franchise and approved by plebiscite on September 6.
Directory of five men elected by lot each year, constituted the executive branch. The central government retained great power, including emergency powers to restrict freedom of the press and freedom of association. -
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Second Coalition
The War of the Second Coalition was the second war on revolutionary France by most of the European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples and various German monarchies, though Prussia did not join this coalition and Spain supported France.
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Treaty of Versalles
Was a treaty of peace that Was firmed in the first mundial war than 50 countries. This treaty finished without the war between Germany and Aliates,was in 28 of June of 1919 in galery of mirror of Palacy of Versalles ,5 years later Francisco Fernando was assesined.