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.Louis XVI Calls the Estates-General (1788)
Bread riots were spreading, and nobles, fearful of taxes, were denouncing royal tyranny. Cahiers called for reforms such as fairer taxes freedom of the press or regular meetings of the estates general, Servant girls in the city of towloose demanded the right to leave service when they wanted and that when “a girl has served her master for many years she receive some reward for her service”. -
.Parisians storm the bastille
July 14 1789 the city of paris seized the spotlight from the national assembly meeting in versailles. more than 800 parisian assembled outside the bastille. the bastille was a symbol to the people of france representing years of abuse by the monarchy. since 1880 the french have celebrated Bastille day annually as their national independence day. -
Revolt/National assembly acts(Rights of man, Women’s March,Church,Constitution)On october 5 1789 anger
Revolt/National assembly acts(Rights of man, Women’s March,Church,Constitution)
On october 5 1789 anger
turned to action as thousands of women marched marched from paris to versailles mob of women at versailles october -
Divided french society/Financial troubles
In 1789 france like the rest of Europe still clung to an outdated social system that emerged in the middle ages. The church owned about 10% of the land collected tithes and paid no direct taxes to the state. Because of traditional privileges the first and second estates paid almost no taxes. the seven years war and the american Revolution stranded the treasury even further. In the 1700s the government borrowed more and more money. -
Threats from abroad
Sans-Culottes pushed the revolution into more radical action. Many sans-culottes demanded a republic or government ruled by elected representatives instead of a monarch. In october, 1791 the newly elected legislatures assembly took office. The king of prussia and the emperor of Austria- who was marie antoinette's brother -issued the declaration of pillnitz. -
Civil war(Radicals take over)
Sans-Culottes pushed the revolution into more radical action. Many sans-culottes demanded a republic or government ruled by elected representatives instead of a monarch. In october, 1791 the newly elected legislatures assembly took office. The king of prussia and the emperor of Austria- who was marie antoinette's brother -issued the declaration of pillnitz. -
. Monarchy is abolished
Well trained prussian forces were cutting down raw french recruits august 10, 1792 a crowed of parisians stormed the royal palace of the tuileries and slaughtered the king guards. -
Robespierre and the reign of terror
The sans-culottes demanded relief from food shortages and inflation. They crushed peasant revolts.Robespierre had embraced rousseau’s idea of the general will as the source of all legitimate law. He promoted religious toleration and wanted to abolish slavery. -
Spread of nationalism
New symbols such as the red “liberty caps” and the tricolor confirmed the liberty and equality of all male citizens. Louis xvi was called citizen capet from the name of the dynasty that had ruled france in the middle ages. -
Third stage of the revolution
The constitution of 1795 set up a five man directory and two house legislature elected by male citizens of property many emigres were returning to france and devout catholic.