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FRENCH NATIONALISM.
In the first place I have put the outbreak of the Bastille and the execution of the kings. These two facts are in my opinion the two essential symbols of the search for change and uprising. In addition, the event of the Bastille united all those with the same mentality of change and claiming rights. And the execution of the kings symbolizes in itself the victory of the third estate in ending the oppressors. -
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Louis XVI calls a meeting of the Estates General.
Louis XVI convened the Estates-General in 1788, setting the date of its opening for May 1, 1789. Because it had been so long since the Estates-General had been brought together, there was a debate as to which procedures should be followed. The King agreed to retain many of the divisive customs which were the norm in 1614 but intolerable to the Third Estate at a time when the concept of equality was central to public debate. -
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FRENCH RECOLUTION.
Was a social and political conflict , with various periods of violence, that convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other nations of Europe that faced supporters and opponents of Old Regime . It began with the self - proclamation of the Third Estate as the National Assembly in 1789 and ended with the coup of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799 . -
Creation of the National Assembly.
The National Assembly was the first revolutionary government of the French Revolution and existed from June 14th to July 9th in 1789. The National Assembly is responsible for choosing the President, passing laws, ensuring that the members of the executive perform their work properly, and providing a forum where the representatives of the people can publicly debate issues. -
The Tennis Court Oath.
On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath. The vote was "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established". It was one of the main decisive events in the French Revolution. The principal request was the creation of a fair and equitable constitution. -
The storming of the Bastille.
The storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris (France) on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The Bastille was the political prison represented royal authority. The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power. -
Creation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
On 26 August 1789, the French National Constituent Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. Basically this declaration rejected appeals to ancient charters of liberties, based on the principle that the rights of man were natural, universal and inalienable.
The main intention was serve as a preamble to the French Constitution of 1791, which established a constitutional monarchy. -
March on Versailles.
Also known as the October March was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. Their demonstrations quickly became intertwined with the activities of revolutionaries, who were seeking liberal political reforms and a constitutional monarchy for France.
These events ended the king's independence and signified the change of power and reforms about to overtake France. -
Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
King Louis XVI of France and his wife Queen Marie Antoinette were both beheaded by the guillotine at the Place de la Révolution in Paris, France. Louis XVI was executed on January 21, 1793, and Marie Antoinette was executed on October 16, 1793 -
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The Reign of Terror.
Was a period of change centered on the rise of the French Revolution. According to some historians, was characterized by brutal repression by the revolutionaries through recourse to state terrorism .
Usually the term is generalized for two stages: the "Red Terror", in which the Jacobins were its instigators and executors, and the so-called "White Terror" , developed in 1795 during the Thermidorian Reaction and in 1815 by the monarchists after the Hundreds. days and fall of Napoleon. -
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Napoleon Bonaparte leads Coup and becomes Leader of France.
Between November 9th and 10th Napoleon and his coup overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution.
Napoleon revolutionized military organization and training, sponsored the Napoleonic Code, reorganized education and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy.