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The rise of the Third Estate
King Louis XVI s minister attempted to introduced financial reforms.
An Assembly of Notables consisting of leading noblemen and ecclesiastics.
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The failures of the Old Regime
In France, the Old Regime was destroyed by the French Revolution, which had its origins in the failures of the system:
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The end of the Old Regime
On July 1789, the people of Paris attacked the Bastille.
Following the capture of the bastille, the National Constituent Assembly introduced a series of measures that marked the end of old regime.
On August 1789, it abolished feudal rights .
A few days later it published the Declaration of the Rights of Men and of the Citizen.
In September 1791 France established a constritutional monarchy. -
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The outbreak of the French Revolution
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Opposition to the constitutional monarchy
A legislative Assembly was formed in october 1791.
There was opposition from the nobility and the clergy.
Other groups believed that the reforms did not go far enough. Radicals revolutionaries were supported by the sans culottes.
In 1792 Austria and Prussia declared war on France. -
The Birth of French Republic
A National Convention governed France from September 1792, France became a republic. -
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The First French Republic
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The Reign of Terror
The Jacobin leader Maximilien Robespierre assumed all powers and established a dictatorship. -
The Directory
Radicals conspired against the government. The Conspiracy of the Equals was led by Babeuf.
The royalists also led revolts and counter revolutionary activities.
In Europe, France won a series of victories . The Napoleón Bonaparte conquered most of italy.
