La Revolución Francesa

  • How it started

    How it started
    The unequal distribution of wealth and power among the three states or estates of French society became more acute in the eighteenth century, i mean in the year 1701
  • The Court Authorized Tax Reform

    The Court Authorized Tax Reform
    In order to solve the unbridled luxury of the court, on the throne in 1774, authorized a tax reform for the privileged (nobility and clergy) to pay taxes.
  • Rising prices

    Rising prices
    The situation worsened in the 1780s, after a series of bad harvests, which produced a rise in prices, especially of bread. This caused popular revolts.
  • The estates demanded that the king summon the Estates General

    The estates demanded that the king summon the Estates General
    In 1787 and 1788 the two haciendas demanded that the king summon the Estates General, which had not met for a century. They did not know it, but the French Revolution was about to break out there.
  • The crises were total

    The crises were total
    The agrarian, commercial and financial crisis was total, so there was a meeting of nobles to study a solution.
  • The masses rose up

    The masses rose up
    On July 14, 1789, the the masses rose up and seized the medieval fortress, known as the Bastille.
  • The constitution promulgated

    The constitution promulgated
    The constitution of the clergy is promulgated
  • Louis XVII and Queen Marie Antoinette

    Louis XVII and Queen Marie Antoinette
    Louis XVII was executed and Queen Marie Antoinette was executed.
  • Robespierre falls

    Robespierre falls
    Robespierre falls and his followers who are guillotined
  • Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon Bonaparte
    in 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte, a general who had distinguished himself in the defense of revolutionary France against Prussia and Austria stage a coup that ends with the Directory and the French Revolution.
  • Napoleon was defeated

    Napoleon was defeated
    In 1815 Napoleon was defeated by the combined army of England, Prussia, and Austria.
  • Restore the Old Regime

    Restore the Old Regime
    The kings decided, in the Congress Vienna, restore the Old Regime, with the same dynasties that had been on thrones, and curb in line with liberal ideas.
  • Liberal revolutions

    Liberal revolutions
    In 1820 liberal revolutions were made in Spain, France, Germany, Portugal, Piedmont (northern Italy), Naples, the Russian Empire, and Greece.
  • Revolutionary wave

    Revolutionary wave
    Again revolutionary wave arrived in 1830.
  • The People's Spring

    The People's Spring
    The generalized economic crisis in Europe and workers' discontent led to a rapid and extensive wave of revolutions in 1848, also known as The People's Spring
  • The European proletariat failed

    The European proletariat failed
    The European proletariat failed maintain their gains and continued to do a poor job conditions until 20 century, i mean 1901