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In this year the finance ministers of Louis XVI tried to tackle the economic crisis. For this, it was necessary for the privileged to pay taxes.
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In this year, the king calls an assembly to convince the privileged to pay taxes and they refuse (revolt of the privileged).
The king summons the States General, which with the Cortes where the three estates met (nobility, clergy and third estate). Before that meeting, each establishment draws up complaint notebooks in which their problems and proposals are reflected.
The States General met in the spring of 1789 at Versailles. -
France lived by the rules of the Old Regime.
The privileges of the nobility and clergy were maintained.
The deficit of the Treasury increased due to the expenses of the Seven Years' War because the privileged did not pay taxes.
King Luis XVI lost the support of the people and the privileged, and he was accused of the deficit in his waste and luxurious life. -
In the Estates General, the nobility and the clergy wanted to vote by estate, which gave the majority to the privileged. Members of the third estate defended the vote per person, which gave them a majority.
The king and the privileged try to expel them from the room. Thus the deputies of the third state constitute the National Assembly, they met in the Ball Game Hall, where they swore to remain there until a Constitution was drafted. -
The Constituent Assembly aimed to dismantle the old regime and write a Constitution.
In August 1789, the decree for the abolition of feudal rights was approved (the tithe and jurisdictional rights of the feudal lords were abolished).
The declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was also drafted, which characterized livertad, equality and property.
In September 1791 the Constitution was approved. -
After the overthrow of the monarchy, a Convention was formed that had two periods:
- Girondin Convention: the trial and execution of Louis XVI took place. His death caused a commotion in Europe and gave rise to an international coalition.
-In June 1793, the Jacobins seized control of the Convention backed by the humble groups, who were known as sans culottes. The government falls into the hands of Robespierre, who promoted a dictatorship, persecuted and executed numerous opponents. -
After the fall of Robespierre, the bourgeoisie once again controlled the Convention. The work of the Jacobins is dismantled and the Constitution of 1775 was promulgated.
The executive branch of the Board is composed of five members. The Directory tries to return to the principles of 1791, but the absolutist monarchists and the radical republicans prevented it.
In November 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the Directory and established the Consulate, which falls to three consuls.
