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Financial Trouble
<ahref='https://jspivey.wikispaces.com/file/view/00012C27.jpg/97491558/00012C27.jpg'' >Financial Trouble</a>France was in debt because of many years of deficit spending. The Seven Years' War and American Revolution did not help matters. Jacques Necker, a financial expert, was hired by Louis XVI to advise the financial situation. Jacques was later fired because he wanted to tax the First and Second Estates. Louis XVI had to summon the Estates-General before making any changes. They hoped that it could bring absolute monarch under the control of the nobles. Also to guarantee their privileges. -
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The Call for the Estated-General 1
Louis XVI As France was almost bankrupt Louis XVI called the Estates-Generl to meet in Versailles. To prepare for this meeting, the three esates created cahiers that listed all the reforms that they wished for. The reforms called for regular meetings of the Estates-General and freedom of press. They met in May 1789, and by June they were declaring themselves the National Assembly. A few days after that they.. -
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The calling of the Estates-General 2
Tennis Court Oath locked and guarded. The delagates decided to move to an indoor tennis court and took and oath that swore "never to separate and to meet wherever the circumstance might require until we have established a sound and just constitution". Louis XVI reluctantly accepted clergy and nobles join the National Assembly. -
Storming the Bastille
The streets filled as 800 Parisans assembled outside the Bastille. They heard rumors about royal troops were going to occupy the capital. The crowd demanded gunpowder and weapons that they believed were in the building. The commander refused to open the gates, therefore the crowd charged through and killed the cmmander ad 5 guards. They also released the prisoners. The Bastille symoblized the people of France representing years of abuse by the monarchy. -
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National Assembly Acts 1
National Assembly The National Assembly voted to give up many of their own privileges. The Rights of Man Declaration, created in late August of 1789, staes that all male citizens were equal before the law and also said that all taxes should be levied according to the ability to pay. On October 5th, 1789, thousands of women marched to Versailled to demand to see their king. They would not leave until.. -
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National Assembly Acts 2
March to Versaillesthe king returned to Paris, so he did. In 1790, the National Assembly put the Catholic Church under state control. The priests and bishops were not very happy about this and declined supporting the Civil Constitution. Finally in 1971, the National Assembly completed the new Constitution which consisted of a limited monarchy. -
Threats from Abroad
As the kings escape did not work, the other countries felt threatened. The king of Prussia and the emperor of Austria created the Declaration of Pilnitz which threatened to intervene to protect the French Monarchy. As this may not have been serious the revolutionaries in France took it as a threat. They began to prepared for war. -
Radicals Declare War
The Legislative Assembly took office in October 1791 but lasted for less than a year. Assignats dropped low causing the prices to increasy quickly. The sana-culottes wore trousers instead of fancy knee breeches because of the money issue. Many of them demanded a republic government instead of a monarchy government. The Jacobins used pamphleteers and sympathetic newspaper editors to build up the republican cause. The people opposing the radicals were those who wanted no more reforms. -
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Monarch is Abolished 1
Storming Tuileries On August 10th, 1792 a crowd stormed Tuileries killing the king's guards but the familiy escaped before the crowd reached them. There was a great deal of violence because of tensions from the news of the war. Suffrage allowed all male citizens to vote for the new legislative body called the National Convention. The convention met in September to abolish the monarchy and create a republic government. -
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Monarchy is Abolished 2
National Convention Louis XVI was put on trial for being a traitor to France. He was exectued on January 21st, 1793. The king was beheaded and the executioner then held his head by the hair over the people. Marie Antoinetter was executed in October also. -
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Robespierre and the Reigh of Terror
Reign of TerrorMaximilien Robespierre was a lawyer and a politician that was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety. He wanted to abolish slavery and believed that France could only use terror for criminals. The Reign of Terror was when the people of France were arrested for not supporting the revolution. The were exectued by cutting their heads off with the guillotine. Robespierre was executed on July 28th. -
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Third Stage of the Revolution
Napolean BonaparteThe Constitution of 1795 created a Directory and legislature. Peace was made with Prussia and Spain as the war continued with Austria and Great Britain. Politicians hired Napolean Banaparte to lead the forward with their goals. He would soon outsmart them all and become the ruler of France. -
Spread of Naitonalism
The revolution and was gave the French a sense of identity. The government brought sons and daughters of the revolution to defend the nation. Nationalism then spread around France. There were many songs that celebrated the revolution. Troops marched to a new song from the port city of Marseilled. "La Marseillaise" is now the French National Anthem.
