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It was a constituent assembly in the kingdom of france formed from the national assembly on 9 july, 1789 during the beginning of the french revolution. Some of the achievements were Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, nationalized the church lands or even the reorganization of administrative structures, they eliminated the feudal privileges and established a new system. It finally camos to and end on 30 september, 1791, then it was succeeded by the legislative assembly.
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This assembly took place in Versailles, with 1.200 deputies from the estates of the realm, where most of them represented the third state. The Estates General was only called if the king wanted to and although it had no legislative power of its own, its authority came from its role as the voice of the people. Louis XVI opened the sesion with a speech, explaining the reasons of the gathering of this assembly, which were to adress finantial crises and society issues. -
During the Estates general in Versailles, at the beginning of the French revolution then representatives of the nonprivileged class made a dramatic act of defiance. Thinking the king wanted them to scatter they went to a nearby indoor tennis court and they took an oath to never separate until someone established a written constitution for France. The King Louis XVI accepted and on June 27 the third states went to the National Assembly. -
The Storming of the Bastille happened on july 14, and it was one of the most important moments during the French revolution. a crowd of lower classes attacked the fortress, tired of how royalty oppressed them after the king Louis XVI discharged the popular minister Jacques Necker. moved by social issues and the rising of food prices, this event was the first large-scale intervention by revolutionaries and a big step in weakening the monarchy. -
The National Constituent Assembly adopted the August Decrees on August 4, removing feudalism and nullifying the privileges of the nobility and clergy. A rural revolt started because of the rumors of a plot made by the aristocratics. While the decrees helped ease the unrest of the Great Fear, in the first decrees peasants had to keep paying seigneurial dues, and it persisted until 1793, when the obligation was eliminated. -
When the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was established it started a new political and important time in France. Influenced by the American Declaration of Independence and Enlightenment ideas, they took inspiration from their ideas of rights like freedom, equality, and resistance. Approved by Louis XVI in October 1789, it helped create the future human rights declarations, including the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. -
The Legislative Assembly took place on 1791, marking a huge change from the National Constituent Assembly. This new assembly faced some issues like the fact that part of the clergy did not want revolutionary reforms. nothing alike the old one, mostly composed of politically inexperienced, wealthy property owners, The Assembly debated confiscating émigré property or going to war to address the problem of counter-revolutionary threats, including foreign monarchs supporting the French monarchy.
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The Flight to Varennes marked a line in the French Revolution, and made the population want to fight for a republic even more. On June 20-21 King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette, and their children tried to escape Paris but they were caught in Varennes and had to return to the capital, making the trust in the monarchy disappear even more. Finally they executed the king and queen in 1793, considering that what they did was an act of betrayal. -
The National Convention happened between 1792–1795, it was France’s first assembly elected by universal male’s opinions. Dominated by the Girondins and Montagnards, they faced food fights and political problems, and enforced the Suspects Act, executing thousands. It succeeded the Legislative Assembly and founded the First Republic after the revolution of August 10, 1792 and later adopted the Constitution of 1795, ending its rule.
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The French National Assembly declared war on the king of Hungary and Bohemia in 1792, saying he was protecting French rebels, ignoring treaties, and continuing hostile military actions despite France’s peaceful proposals. However, The Assembly emphasized that France was fighting solely to defend its liberty and independence, to minimize war’s harm, to welcome foreigners supporting the cause of freedom against unfair aggressions and for the safety of its citizens. -
The Storming of the Tuileries was an important event in the French Revolution. On 10 August 1792, after effectively ending Louis XVI’s monarchy, with France constantly winning in the Revolutionary Wars and the king banning the popular decrees, the Parisians, led by the sans-culottes, violently invaded the palace and killed the Swiss Guards on 20 June. This event benefited the working class and deepened the tension between revolutionaries and the monarchy. -
Louis XVI was captured and accused of conspiring against France in 1792. The National Convention was divided: the Jacobins, led by Robespierre, thought he was an enemy and deserved to die, while the Girondins citing the 1791 Constitution, were not so sure with the idea of killing him. But after some secret documents revealed his secret dealings and payments to émigrés, finally, under popular pressure, he was sentenced to die with the so famous sentence “Louis must die so that France may live.” -
As a representative of the Third Estate, Robespierre began his political career in 1789, being his only interest to defend the poor and searching equality and education for all. Anyways he was heavily questioned because of his violent means. Accused by his enemies of being a dictator, he was executed by the same guillotine his regime had used with so much cruelty. Nowadays he remains a central figure in French revolutionary history. -
The French Directory happened between 1795 to 179. It ruled France after the Reign of Terror, wanting to restore order but faced problems like inflation, debt, and political issues. Created by the Constitution of Year III, it featured two legislative councils and five directors to balance power but it limited voting only to wealthy men. Despite victories in the Revolutionary Wars, social instability and corruption persisted. Growing military influence finally helped the ending of the Directory.
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The Consulate happened between 1799 and 1804. The Constitution talked about three consuls, but the only real authority was Napoleon, while Sieyès and Ducos served as leaders in name only. Democratic ideals completely disappeared, elections lost their meaning, and the legislature merely approved executive decisions anymore. In 1804, after napoleon asked to the people what they wanted, he eliminated the Consulate and crowned himself Emperor, founding finally the Napoleonic Empire.
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The French Revolution took place between 1787–1799. This was a time with lots of wars, but then Napoleon Bonaparte appeared, he took the control and founded the First French Empire. This was a period of major social and political revolutions that affected France. Led by Napoleon, who, combining revolutionary ideals, the desire of the people to have a republic and extending French dominance across Europe, created an Empire and played an important role in the french revolution.
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The Battle of Trafalgar happened in october, 1805 and it was a decisive battle between the British Royal Navy, who led by the Admiral Nelson, and a combined French-Spanish fleets destroyed 18 enemy ships, securing naval supremacy and avoiding Napoleon's invasion of the UK. Nelson's death during the battle left his legacy as a national hero, and the victory ensured British dominance at sea for the rest of the Napoleonic Wars. -
The Battle of Austerlitz happened on December 2, 1805 and was one of Napoleon’s greatest victories. with the 90,000 Russian and Austrian forces under General Kutuzov, they defeated the 68,000 French troops and finally the French victory forced Austria to sign peace (Treaty of Pressburg) and kept Prussia out of the anti-French alliance, solidifying Napoleon’s dominance in Europe during the War of the Third Coalition. -
The Battle of Leipzig or also called the Battle of the Nations, where about 185,000 French faced 320,000 allied troops from Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden. After the battle Napoleon was defeated, ending the French dominance in Germany and Poland. Napoleon receded , but a destroyed bridge trapped 30,000 troops. The loss marked the collapse of French power east of the Rhine. -
Napoleon's final defeat was in the battle Waterloo, on June 18th in Waterloo, Belgium. On one side was Duke Wellington's force, with 68.000 allied soldiers and around 45.000 Prussians too. Napoleon's French troops were only 72.000. After the battle France lost, stopping the napoleonic Wars and sending Napoleon to exile on St. Helena, finishing 23 years of battles involving France and the European nations.