The Faces of the French Revolution

  • Constitutional monarchy

    Constitutional monarchy
    Constitutional monarchy, system of government in which a monarch (see monarchy) shares power with a constitutionally organized government.
  • Storming Of Bastille

    Storming Of Bastille
    The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress and political prison known as the Bastille.
  • The Great Fear

    The Great Fear
    The Great Fear was a general panic that took place between 22 July to 6 August 1789, at the start of the French Revolution.
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

    Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
    Was approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789.
    The representatives of the French people, organized as a National Assembly, believing that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public calamities and of the corruption of governments.
  • Constitution (political liberalism)

    Constitution (political liberalism)
    The constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution of France, turned the country into a constitutional monarchy following the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
  • Storming of the Tuileries place

    Storming of the Tuileries place
    On August 10, 1792, a large mob stormed the palace gates, entered the gardens, and overwhelmed and massacred the Swiss Guards who defended the Palace. They set fires in several of the outlying buildings of the Palace. The storming of the Tuileries place was the conflict led France to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic.
  • Execution of Louis XVI

    Execution of Louis XVI
    On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was put to death by guillotine. He was put to death for high treason. He was accused of inciting an invasion of France by other European kingdoms, such as Austria, to put an end to the Revolution and reclaim power.
  • Constitution (social democracy)

    Constitution (social democracy)
    The Constitution of 1793 , also known as the Constitution of the Year I or the Montagnard Constitution, was the second constitution ratified for use during the French Revolution under the First Republic.
  • Fall of the Jacobins

    Fall of the Jacobins
    The Jacobin government's downfall was caused by three factors.
    -First, there was the government, which was founded on radical principles and had imposed a "rule of terror."
    -Second, those who disagreed with the King's method.s were guilloyed and executed.
    -Finally, he ordered the churches to be closed down
  • Constitution (political liberalism)

    Constitution (political liberalism)
    Constitution of 1795 (Year III), French constitution established during the Thermidorian Reaction in the French Revolution. Known as the Constitution of Year III in the French republican calendar, it was prepared by the Thermidorian Convention. It was more conservative than the abortive democratic Constitution of 1793.
  • Constitution

    Constitution
    A new government, of more moderate bourgeoisie: the DIRECTORY. It included and elected legislative and an executive branch with 5 directors to avoid dictatorship.
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    THE DIRECTORY

    The constitution restricted the right to vote to men who could read and who owned a certain amount of property (middle class and wealthy landowners) CENSUS SUFFRAGE
  • People in exile begin to return

    People in exile begin to return
    What happen during the people in exile begin return?
    The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile is the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon, the capital city of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, following their defeat in the Jewish–Babylonian War and the destruction of Solomon's Temple in ...
  • Coup d’etat

    Coup d’etat
    A coup d'état, often abbreviated to coup, is the overthrow of a lawful government through illegal means.
  • Napoleon emperor

    Napoleon emperor
    Napoleon Bonaparte, known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French emperor and military commander who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.
  • The battle of austerlitz

    The battle of austerlitz
    The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the important and decisive military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.
  • The Russia campaign

    The Russia campaign
    The French invasion of Russia, also known as Russian campaign and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812, was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with the continental blockade of the United Kingdom.
  • Waterloo

    Waterloo
    The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two armies of the Seventh Coalition. One of these was a British-led force with units from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick, and Nassau, under the command of the Duke of Wellington.
  • The Conservative Republic

    The Conservative Republic was a period of Chilean history that extended between 1826 and 1861, characterized by the hegemony of the conservative party, whose supporters were called pelucones.