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· Third Estate's unrest
· Request for "one person, one vote"
· Creation of the National Assembly
· Closure of it by the king
· Gathering in a tennis court
· Third Estate + members of clergy and nobility -
· Military coup by the king (afraid of losing his power)
· French society rebelled on 14 July 1789
· People attacked the Bastille
· This revolt spread through the countryside --> Grande Peur
· Grande Peur = attacks to the nobility's houses -
· Creation of Constituent Assembly
· Writing of a constitution
· Triumph of bourgeoisie --> no absolute monarchy
· Military coup led by the king
· Storming of the Bastille --> 14th July 1789
· Spread of the revolt in the countryside --> "Grande Peur"
· Legal reforms: abolishment of feudal privileges and equality in the
payment of taxes
· Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790)
· Louis XVI asked for international support
· Approval of the constitution (1791) -
· Done to solve the state's financial problems
· Confiscation and sale of church property
· Subordination of the church to the French state
· Clergy and nobility joined => counterrevolutionaries -
· Written in 1971
· Assembly approved it
· Constitutional monarchy --> no absolute monarchy
· Limited male suffrage
· Separation of powers -
· Elections for the Legislative Assembly
· 2 political groups: Girondins and Jacobins Girondins:
- members of the wealthy bourgeoisie
- moderate
- in favour of the Constitutional Assembly and limited suffrage Jacobins:
- members of the petite bourgeoisie
- radical
- in favour of the republic and manhood suffrage · Attack on the Tuileries Palace (1792) by "Sans Culottes"
· Louis XVI was imprisoned and overthrew
· France became a republic -
· France's defeat in several wars
· Social unrest
· Louis XVI was imprisoned
· Abolishment of the monarchy
· Establishment of a republic -
· Most radical phase of the Revolution
· Start --> execution of Louis XVI (1793)
· Under the control of Jacobins, supported by "sans-culottes"
· Robespierre = head of state
· Convention elected with universal manhood suffrage
· It later became a dictatorship --> The Terror
· Participation in several wars -
· Universal manhood suffrage
· 1793
· Law of Maximum = fixed prices
· Repression of counterrevolutionaries -
· Guilty of treason
· Beheaded
· Guillotine -
· Re-establishment of limited male suffrage
·Symbol of the bourgeoisie's power
· More conservative constitution
· Directory as form of government -
· Jacobins overthrew by moderate deputies (1794)
· New constitution (1795)
· Directory established = conservative government made up of 5
members
· Social unrest
· Military coup by Napoleon Bonaparte (1799)
· Establishment of the Consulate
· First Consul for life = Napoleon
· Napoleon achieved absolute power (1804)
· The French Revolution ended -
· Napoleon Bonaparte
· 1799
· Aim:
-restore peace at home and abroad
-overthrow the moderates
· Establishment of the Consulate
