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Meeting of the Estates General
The Estates General were created by King Louis XVI with a way to fix the monarchy’s financial crisis.There were three classes represented by the Estates General... the nobles, clergy and the rest of the population or the so-called Third Estate. The nobility and clergy could always overrule the Third Estate.
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Fall of the Bastille
an angry crowd marched on the Bastille, a medieval fortress in east Paris that was mostly housing political prisoners.The people in france believed it was a symbol of the much hated Louis. Marquis de Launay and his military troops decided not to deal with it for a couple hours before they surrendered to the mob.
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Flight to Varennes
the royal family quietly left Paris and managed to get within a few miles of the border before being recognized in the town of Varennes and forced to go back. The incident was very horible for the National Assembly.The King’s attempted to flee and his denouncement of the Revolution came just as the new constitution was about to be implemented.
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Dissolution of the National Assembly
The long awaited constitution finally came into effect. France was proclaimed a constitutional monarchy, while the National Assembly got replaced by a new political body named the Legislative Assembly. None of the National Assembly got elected to the new legislative body as it was agreed earlier that the members of the National Assembly would not be allowed to hold a seat in the new parliament. i think that this is important because it shows how people were getting into arguements -
War
France declared war on Austria.The issue of war defeated the debate in the new Legislative Assembly. Tensions with the rest of Europe continued to rise.
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Attack on the Tuileries Palace
In spring and summer of 1792, the French government found itself in a very difficult situation. On August 10, a crowd of about 20,000 people attacked the Tuileries Palace. Over the next month, hundreds of royalists were executed in what became known as the “September Massacre”. Many French men and women fled for their lives.
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Declaration of the Republic and the Trial of Louis
The first act of the latter was to declare France as a republic. The French military stopped the invasion and pushed back the Austrians and Prussians.
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Declaration of the Republic and the Trial of Louis
Louis was driven through the streets of Paris to a guillotine and decapitated. Marie Antoinette had a short trial next. -
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Reign of Terror
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Declaration of the Republic and the Trial of Louis
Marie Antoinette was found guilty and guillotined. -
Reign of Terror
About 16,000 people were killed from September 1793 to July 1794. Robespierre was arrested and was killed the following day. The execution of the popular Committee members George-Jacques Danton and Robespierre were proclaiming themselves as leaders of a new religion of the Supreme Being caused much caous.
I think that this is important because it shows how caoutic things were getting. -
Directory and the Rise of Napoleon
After the dramatic fall of Robespierre, the National Convention created a new constitution for France that was implemented. The leader of the new government was the Directory which consisted of an executive council of five members. Pretty much from the beginning, the Directory was stuck in the middle in corruption, political conflict, financial problems and depended on the army to stay in power.
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Directory and the Rise of Napoleon
a successful military commander named Napoleon Bonaparte returned from a military expedition in Egypt and outside the Directory.Napoleon figured out what he called the Consulate and himself as the First Consul.
I think that this is important because it shows how Napoleon went and fought for everybody's rights.
