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Spread Of Nationalism
In 1789 the Revolution gave the French people a strong sense of national identity. As monarchs centralized power, loyalty shifted to the queen or king. Nationalism a strong feeling of pride in a devotion to one’s country spread throughout France. by 1793, France was a nation in arms. Troops throughout the Marseilles learned the song called “La Marseillaise” , that would later become the French national anthem. Revolutionaries pushed for social reform and religious toleration. -
Divided French Society
In 1789, france divided themselves into three social classes, first estate was clergy, and church leaders. Second estate was made up of nobility, third estate was everyone else. Only the third estate payed taxes. The Third estate was the most diverse social class, at the top was the bourgeoisie, or middle class, it included bankers, merchants, and manufacturers, as well as lawyers, doctors, journalist, and professors. -
Third stage of the Revolution
Moving away from the excesses of the convention, moderates produced another constitution, The third since 1789. The Constitution of 1789 set up a fireman directory and a two house legislature elected by male citizens of property. the middle class and professional people of the bourgeoisie were the dominant force during this stage of french revolution. The directory held power from 1795 to 1799 -
Louis XVI calls the estates general
In June 1989, Louis XVI calls the the estates general for financial help.From the start the delegates were deadlocked over the issue at voting. in June 1989, claiming to represent the people of France they declared themselves to be a national assembly. When reformed minded clergy joined the assembly Louis XVI grudgingly accepted. At this time the assembly take the “Tennis court Oath”. -
Storming the Bastille
On July 14, 1789, the city of paris seized the spotlight from the national assembly meeting in versailles. The commander of the Bastille refused to open the gates and opened fire on the crowd. -
Civil War Radicals Take Over
In July, 1791, events in France stirred debate all over Europe. Supporters of the enlightenment applauded the reforms of the national Assembly. However, the European rulers and nobles denounced the French revolution. Edmund Burke, a British writer and statesman who earlier had defended the American Revolution, bitterly condemned revolutionaries in Paris, he predicted all to accurately that revolution would become more violent. -
Threats From Abroad
In August 1791, the king of Prussia and the emperor of Austria issued the declaration of pillnitz. By 1791, many san-culottes demanded a republic, or government ruled by elected representatives instead of a monarch. The sans-culottes found support among radicals in legislative Assembly, especially the Jacobins. The Jacobins were mostly middle class lawyers or intellectuals. The radicals soon held the upper hand in the Legislative Assembly. -
National assembly acts/rights of men and women march
on August 4, in a combative all rights meeting, nobles in the National Assembly voted to end their own privileges. They agreed to give up their old manorial dues, exclusive hunting rights, special legal status, and exemption from taxes. On October 5th, about six thousand women marched 13 miles in the pouring rain from paris to versailles. The church is placed under state control, in 1970, bishops and priests became elected, salaried officials. -
Monarchy is Abolished
On August 10, 1972, a crowd of parisians stormed the royal palace of the tuileries and slaughtered the kings guards. the royal family fled to the legislative assembly, escaping before the mob arrived. -
Robespierre and the reign of terror
By early 1793, clanger threatened France on all sides. The country was at war with much of Europe, including Britain, The Netherlands, Spain, and Prussia. In paris , the Sans-culottes demanded relief from food shortages and inflation. Robespierre, a shrewd lawyer and politician, quickly rose to the leadership of the committee of the public safety.
