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Economic crisis
The French economy was in deep trouble. Bad harvests in 1787 and 1788, and a slowdown in manufacturing led to food shortages, rising prices for food and unemployment. -
Early Revolution
The king called for the Estates-General to discuss a fiscal reform. -
The Tennis Court oath
The representatives of the Third Estate Called themselves the National Assembly and produced the following oath. -
The Storming of the Bastille
The mob, joined by some of the King’s soldiers, stormed the Bastille, a small but key fortification that could attack popular neighbourhoods. -
The Great Fear
The National Assembly responded to the Great Fear. They voted to eliminate: feudal dues, serfdom, tithes, hunting and fishing rights, and personal privileges. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man, which was inspired by the Declaration of Independence of the United States. -
Secularization
Secularization of the clergy and civil constitution of the Church. -
Constitution of 1791
-Defined France as a constitutional monarchy.
-Established the division of powers.
-The deputies would be elected by census suffrage. -
Flight to Varennes and the storming of the Tuileries
The Continuation of the economic and social crisis escalated up to 1792 into mob violence by the sans-coulottes, who stormed in the Tuileries. The Legislative Assembly voted to suspend the king.
France had become a republic for the first time. -
The king's arrest and execution
The entire royal family was arrested. The king was guillotined in January 1793. -
The Arrival of Napoleon
Spain joined together with other European kingdoms to go against the French Revolution. -
The National Convention
The National Convention pushed the administration of Robespierre and his allies out of power and had Robespierre and 21 associates executed. In November 1794 the Jacobin Club closed. -
Constitution of 1795
The Constitution of 1795 established a liberal republic with a franchise based on the payment of taxes, similar to that of the Constitution of 1791. -
Dictature
The dictature ruled France for four years from 1795 to 1799. -
Napoleon
Napoleon was given command of the french army in italy -
Exile
People in exile begin to return