French Revolution

By Lando_9
  • Monarchy
    1204

    Monarchy

    -The form of government with a monarch at the head.
    -The monarchy started in 1204
    -The rise of the monarchy was when they followed one person that was king.
    -The fall of the monarchy was by food shortages and economic crises led to the outbreak of the French Revolution.
    -The monarchy ended in 1789
  • National Assembly

    National Assembly

    -The National Assembly was a constituent assembly in the kingdom of France.
    -This was during the first stages of the French Revolution.
    -Louis XVI did not actually want a written constitution.
    -News of his plan to use military force against he National Assembly reached Paris on July 14 1789, people stormed the bastille.
    -Many nobles fled the country
    -changes under the National Assembly
    -Declaration of men's rights
    -End of special privileges
    -Constitution -ended September 30th 1791
  • Legislative Assembly

    Legislative Assembly

    -The Legislative Assembly was the legislature of the Kingdom of France
    -the assembly consisted of 745 members, mostly from middle class
    - It provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention
  • Convention

    Convention

    -Established the first French republic
    -Faced domestic opposition and strife
    -Girondists were moderates who represented the rich middle class of the provinces
    - the convention was revolutionary France's third attempt at a national legislature
  • Directory

    Directory

    It would be a military leader
    Napoleon Bonaparte, coming to power through a coup.
    who would end the 10 year period
    the Directory was the governing five member committee in the French first republic.
    The Directory was controlled by five directors who oversaw the economic and political aspects of French society.