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start of revolution
for two decades they had poor harvest, drought, cattle disease, and break prices rising. The rise of taxes failed to provide any relief. Many of the citizens express their desperation towards a regime. -
the rise of the third estate
The third estate took up 98% of the population but could still get voted out by two other body. They started getting upset that no one listened to them. They started the tennis court oath saying they will not stop until the constitution gets changed -
Great fear
the third estate led to the great fear by overthrowing the king. peasants were full of panic troops around Paris dismiss the craziness. This causes them to attack the Lords. the nobles and the bourgeois now took the fight. -
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the new regime
they had completed the abolition of feudalism. The roman catholic church in France had to pay of the public debt but that lead to redistribution of property. The civil constitution of the clergy was rejected by the pope and many of the clergy this causes violence and aggravated. -
Reign of Terror
civil was was spreading from the Vendee and hostile armies surrounding France on all of the ides. The government decided to make terror and take take harsh measures against people they thought were the enemies. In Paris a wave of executions followed from these events. -
The end of Louis and Marie
Marie-Antoinette had encouraged her brother the holy roman emperor Leopold II to invade France. Louis XVI was judged and was set to death for treason and was executed. Marie was guillotined nine months later. -
The Directory
The National Convention had approved places executive power in a directory. Five members and legislative power in two chambers. Bourgeois republic achieved stability had no war perpetuated. -
The revolutionary expansion
Troops entered Switzerland and papal states and Naples. Great Britain remained at war with France. Bonaparte's request to threat British in India. He said at the end he himself was to spread it in new forms in Europe (government) -
the consulate
The military was a big part in the revolution. Sieyes would be a tame figure who would use the army to seize power. The coup didn't run smoothly but no blood was shed beyond Napoleon -
Napoleon
He soon began to take charge and won lots of future battles. Made many new laws and raised influenced and profile. this event many believed was to be the end of the revolution but I think it was the las big battle
