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Assembly of Notables
The Assembly of Notables who was formed by the noblemen and the ecclesiastics rejected reforms, -
Estates-General
All the people from the three states presented theirs problems to the Estates-General in lists of grievances -
National Assembly
The third state formed the National Assembly because they think that they were the only representatives of the french revolution, -
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French Revolution
The old regime was destroyed by the french revolution,which had its origins in the failures of the system: -Social unrest:The third state which paid taxes says that the previleged states didnt pay and also the bourgeosie was frustated by its lack of politiccal power. -Economy:There was a period of bad harvest causing that the price rise,which led to a lot of hunger because people cant buy any food. -Enlightenment:In the enlightement people question the royal authority when it was unfair -
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The end of the old regime
On 14 of july 1789 the people of paris attacked the bastille and also the old regime became more radical. -
Feudal rights
It bolished feudal rights such as the privileges of the nobility and the taxes that pay the church. -
Constitution
France wrote the first constitution ending with the royal absolutism and establishing a constitutional monarchy -
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Opposition to the constitutional monarchy
The legislative assembly formed a constitutional monarchywho lasted for less than a year -
War
Austria and Prusia declared the war tho France were there was an insurrection were the royal family was taken prisioner -
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The birth of the french revolution
Following the insurrection the National Convention governed france because was elected by all adults male.This monarchy make that France became a republic and also this republic make their own calendar who was called the Girondins.Also this convention executed by guillotine in January 1793 -
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The reing of terror
The sans-culottes support the radical revolutionaires where Maximilien Robespierre assumed all powers and make a dictatorship on France.
The Reing of terror was a period where there was a lot of violent repression so they created the Commitee of Public Safety who was lead by Robespierre and Georges Danton,this commite make that people that hey think they were against France they were sentence to dead by guillotine a cause of this around 50000 people died. -
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The directory
A cause of the execution they make a new constitution who was led by five members of the directory but this directory never had a lot of support because radicals conspired against the goverment the royalists also led revolts and counteer-revolutionary activities but in Europee France won some victories and there was formed a second coalition that reconquered many of the regions that France lost.In November a consulate was created and in facts Napoleon was now the real ruler of France.
