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Financial trouble
Bad harvestIn 1780 there was a bad harvest and sent people into hunger and looking for food. This also sent food proces sporing. Half the taxes paid by the people was going for the intrest on the debt that france owed. -
Luis XVI calls the Estates-General
France was at the verge of bankruptcy. Louis had all three estates prepare cahiers listing their grievances. The estate generals from the third estate consisted mainly of lawyers and middle class officials and writers. The third estate was always out ruled because the first and second estate would win 2-1 in a general ruling. As they went to meet and vote by headcount they found the doors locked and they took their meeting to a nearby tennis court. Their famous tennis court act was made. -
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They swore never to separate and to meet wherever the circumstances might require until a constitution was established. King Louis accepted this. -
Divided French Society
France was divided into tree estates or classes. The First estate was the clergy. These people were very wealthy and paid no direct taxes to the state. The second was the nobility. The nobles were knights and had defended the land. They had the top jobs in government, army, courts, and the church. The third estate was the vast majority of the population and was a diverse social class. It had bourgeoisie as well as peasants. They paid most of the taxes. It was great for the 1st and 2nd estates. -
Parisians Sorm the Bastille
The Persians heard rumors that royal troops were going to occupy the capital. More than 800 Persians assembled outside the Bastille and demanded weapons and gunpowder. When the commander refused and opened fire onto the crowd the angered mob broke through the defenses and killed the commander and the five guards and released the handful of prisoners who were being held there but found no weapons. It was then a symbol to the people representing the years of abuse by the monarchy. -
Revolt/ National assembly
The Great Fear was the name given to the tieperiod in which many towns and villages were attacked. Angered by famine and fear, the peasents went to the nobels who were trying to reimipose mediveal dues. Also paris was under was in turmoil. Marwuis de Lafeyette headed the national guard, a largely middle-calss militia that was a response to the arricvial of the royal troops in paris. -
National assembly acts
A combative all-night meeting with nobles in the National assembly voted to end their own privileges. They agreed to give up their old manorial dues, exclusive hunting rights, special legal status and exemption from taxes. Also in a short few months the National Assembly made a key enlightenment goal, the equality of all male citizens before the law -
Declaration of the rights of man.
It decalred that all men wee born and remain free and qual in rights. They have natural rights to liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. Also it said that all male citizens were eaual before the law, and every frenchman had an equal right to hold public office with no idstinction other that that of their virtues and talents. Many woment were dissapointed with the declaration of the rights of man because it discuded them. -
Womens march to versailles.
Thousands of women marched from paris to Bersailles. They wanted the king to stop ignorring their suffering and wanted the queen. French women were particulary angry with the austrian born queen Marie Antoinette because she lived extravigantly while the peoplewere starving.The people didnt leave paris until there demands were met and which was so they return to paris. -
The Church
The National Assembly put the French Catholic Church under the state control. Under the civil constitution of the clergy bishops and priests became elected, salaried pfficials. Many bishops and priests refused to accept the Civil Constitution. the pope condemned it and large numbers of conservitive french peasants also rejected the changes. -
Threats from abroad
the king of prussia and the emoeror of Ausria ussued the declaratrion of pilnitz which threatened to interveine and protect frances monarchy. This was a bluff and was meant to scare the people, but they prepared for war. -
Civil war
The newly elected legislative assembly took office. With crisies at home and abroad it only lasted less than a year. economic problems made turmoil and the revolutionanary currency dropped in value causing prices to rise rapidly.Becuase of this a group of working class men and women called the sans-culottes they pused the revolution into a more radical action. They damanded a republic instead of a monarch. The radicles soon held the upper hand in the legislative assembly. in april 1792 the -
Civil war continued
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Constitiuaiton
The National Assembly finaly set up a constitution. It set up a limited monarch in place of the absolute monarchy thay ad ruld France for centuries. Also there was a Legislagtive assembly tht had the power to make laws, collect taxes and decide on issues of war and pace.the constitution replaced the old provinces with 83 departments roughl tequal size. -
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monarchy is abolished.
ExecutionA crowd of persians stormed the royal palace of the Tuileries and slaughtered the kings guards. The royal family fled before the mob could arrrive. About 1200 prisoners were killed including nobels and priests accused of political offenses and ordanary criminals. It was known as the september massacre. Sufferage was extended to all male citizens. The convention met in september 1792 and was a more radical body that assembled and voted to abolish the monarchy and establish the french republic. -
Spread of nationalism.
Revoluion and war gave french people a national identity. Nationalism spread throughout france, they had festivals that celebrated the nationa and the revolution. -
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Robespierre and the reign of terror
[Guillotine](<a href='http://boisdejustice.com/Home/Main.html)' >Guillotine</a>Robespierre was a shrewd lawyer and a politician that quickly rose to the leadership of the committee of public safty. He promoted religious tolerationa dn wasnted to abolish slabery. He was cold and humerless but very popular with the sans- culottes who hated the old regime as much as he did. 300,000 peopole were arrested and 17,000 were killed. The guillotime was a fast falling blade that beheaded people. It was a symbol of horror. And on july 27 1974 Robespierre was arrested and executed. -
abolish monarchy continued
The king was tried and found guilty and sentenced to death. Marie Antoinette was also executed. -
Third event
The third stge of the revolution moved away from the execesses of the convetion, moderates produced another constitition. The constitution set up a five-man directory and a two-house legislature. The derectory held power from 1795 to 1799. peace with Prussia and Spain and war with Britian, and Austia contunued, Napolian became a military hero.
