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Assembly of representativesthat joined in the Estates Generals during the French Rovolution. They wrote several important documents and accepted various rights to the people. For exxaple: the Tennis Court Oath or the Declaration of Rights of the Man and of the Citizen. Another very imporant writing was the Constitution of 1791. Their main objective was to create a new governmentthat met the expectations of the Revolution.
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The country was suffering a huge debt, so the King, Loius XVI, called the Estates Generals to discuss with the clergy, nobility and the commoners what should be done to fix the mess. In the end, the commoners refused to pay more taxes and started the French Revolution. The whole problem was initially caused by the kings, since they made heavy parties that cost a lot of money, which most came became the country's expenses. -
The nobility, the clergy and the Third State, were reunited to vote, due to the debt. But the Third State knew they were going to lose, since their taxes were only going to increase, this because the clergy and the nobility only cared about their own benefit. So, the Third State locked themselves in the Palace of Versailles. They thought the king wanted them to stop, so they moved to a closeby indoor's tennis court, there they took an oath never to separate until a constitution was written. -
The King wanted to arrest the newly National Assembly, but the people denied this and refused to let him be. So, they besieged the Bastille, taking full control of it. The Bastille was used a State Prison, but to the moment given, there were only 7 prisoners. Also, many Aristocrat prisoner's went there beacause they could buy priviledges, making their emprisonment more bearable. -
The National Constituent Assembly formaly abolished feudalism and the rights of nobility and clergy, like the tax exemption and the tithe, were abolished. 19 articles were passed by the National Constituent, and even if they weren't perfect, it meant a great achievement for the Revolution. All this decrees were to passed to achieve a more fair equality for the people, so that there weren't privileged people by birth. -
The 26th of August of 1789, the Declaration of Rights was accepted and became a fundamental document for the Revolution. This document states that all men are free and have equal rights, and that social distinctions were only found based on the general good. The point of this document is stating that nobles and clergy shouldn't have any special rights or privileges only because of a great-grandfather or an useless title. -
The French's national parliament was created in order to create a constitution, which was one of the goals from the revolutin that happed just two years before. The point was to create a constitutional mocharchy. It lasted for almost a year until it was replaced by the National Convention, since the Assembly wasn't able to govern due to various issues like problems with the monarchy or internal revolts.
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This was the attempt of a failed escape from the capital, by the kings after the effects of a revolution. The king, Louis XVI, accepted to flee with the Royal Family. They were caught near Varannes, which is why the name was given. They were caught some kilometers before their goal, and this arrest meant a lot for the revolution. The idea of a republic didn't sound so crazy now that the monarchs were took down. -
The assembly in charge of Fcrance during a very imporant critical moment of the French Revolution, after it replaced the Legislative Assembly due to its governing problems. Their main goal was to establish a constitution for France. Some of their earlier most imporant acts were the abolishment of the monarchy from France and the establishment of a Republic. The Montagnards and the Girondins were the ones in charge, and they had stuggles between them. THis period was known as the Reing of Terror.
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France was in trouble, and certain nations were taking advantage of this. This is why, France declared war to Austria. Some saaid reaons were that Francois I did not stop contributing for the rebel Frenchmen. There was a propositon for Austria to lower the military defenses on its border, which he ignored and even took action with several European nations against France. So the Legislative Assembly declared this war, saying that its to show wrong doings of an unjust king. -
The Legislative Assembly was overflowed with everything going on. They didnt know what to do with the king or the ongoing war. Because of this, they were threatened by Parisians. And since they still didn't act, the Tuileries Palace was struck, where the king was being held prisoner. His guards were completely loyal, so they stood up against anyone that opposed the king. This meant that they stayed until they had all fallen dead. -
After getting captured, by public vote, it was decided that the king, Louis XVI was guilty and should be put to sleep forever. He was given the name of Citizen Capet, which was a representation to how his whole status fell after the monarchy was abolished. He was guillotined without being given a chance to prove his worth. Some months later, in the same place, his wife, Marie Antoinette, suffered the same ending as him. -
Robespierre was the one in charge since the ending of 1793, and since then, he had ignored all the deaths caused by the suspition of suspects being part of the counter-revolution. More than 25 thousand people died and yet he acted saying that internal enemies were a threat. Because of this and a lot of fear, he was declared an outlaw and captured the 27 of July, and then got guillotined with 21 of his men just the day after his capture. -
The five member group that represented France after the Reign of Terror, trying to stabilize all the struggles from their predecessors. Still, they found trouble after mistakes, since the country was in ddep trouble economically and politically. Despite all the successes and attempts to fix all this problems, not only where they overwhelmed, but they they weren't popular, and being diposed by Napoleon Bonaparte in a coup d'état.
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The Coup of 18 Brumaire was what put an end to the last government, and introduced the Consulate, guided by Napolean Bonaparte, as the First Consul. Very imporant problems were solved, for example, they did a separation of power and even introduced the Civil Code to the French citizens. This period ended with Napolean asking for the plebsicite if they were ok with him becoming an emperor. And afterwards, he named himself emperor of France.
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After the consulate was abolished by Napoleon being proclaimed emperor, he mada lots of changes to the country. He implemented codes for the laws and he also modernized instititutions, meaning that school was now more available. Lots of wins and everyhting, until he suffered mayor losses that ended up in him being cornered up and become exiled from the country, becoming isolated in a island. He managed to come back, but was exiled again, where he died in a different island.
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Due to the dispute between Napoleon and the Third Coalition, they started a war which Napoleon intended to win in just one strike. His plan was to divide the Austro-Russian army in two. He did this by fooling them into attacking a further in weaker spot in Napoleon's army. To then, take the high-ground and then attack in the middle, dividing the army and surrounding both part. This is how Napoleon won against a greater army. -
The Brittish navy fought against the Franco-Spanish navy, in order to take control of that fleet, since France and Britain where in dispute. In the end, Britain ended, even by being less ships, because of strategic decisions and a better trained army. The Brittish fleet was led by Horatio Nelson, and the Franco-Spanish fleet by Pierre de Velleneuve. It was fought near the Cape of Trafalgar. This victory secured the Brittish supremacy, meaning that they reigned for over 100 years after. -
Various powers in Europe fought for the control of Germany against France. Napoleon was outnumbered, he stood no chance against the Coalition, meaning that he lost Germany's control. Due to this, the Coalition continued and took control on Paris, forcing him to abdicate to his power as Emperor, to then be, by the Treaty of Fontainebleau, exiled to a small island called Elba, giving him the soveireingty of the island. -
Napoleon managed to get back and take control of France again. His goal was to defeat the allies in Europe, to take full control of the continent. Two armies fought against him, Britain and Prussia. Napoleon's lost was because of the strategic expertise of the Brittish generals and the desicive arrival of the Austrian army. After his defeat, he was exiled for the last time, to an island called St. Helena, an island chosen to make his escape impossible, so that he won't come back to try to govern