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Louis XVI calls the Estates-General
Who: Louis XVI
What: Meets with the Estates-General
When: the following year
Where: Fracnce
Why: -France was on the verge of bankruptry
-Nobles, fearful of taxes, were denouncing royal tyranny
-Louis XVI summoned the Estates-General to the meet at Versailles the following year -
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On the Eve of Revolution
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French sought rebel
When: 1789
Why: -Social Stratifcation
-Enlightenment/American Revolution
-Economic Failure
-Weak Government -
The Tennis Court Oath
Who: First, Second, and Third Estates
What: Voting
When: May 1789
Where: Nation Assembly meeting hall
Why/How: - the Third Estate wanted all three estates to meet in a single body, with votes counted 'by head.'
- Third Estate declared themselves to be the National Assembly
- They swore "never to seperate and to meet wherever the circumstances might require until we have established a sound and just constitution"
- when reform-minded clergy the nobles joined the assembly and Louis XVI accepted it -
The storming of the Bastille
Who: The city of Paris
What: seized the spotlight from the National Assembly
Where: meeting in Versailles
Why/How: more than 800 Parisians assembled outside the Bastille
-Demanded weapons and gunpowder
-the Commander refused to open the gates
-they killed the commander and 5 guards
-released a handful of prisoners
-found no weapons -
National Assembly Acts
Who: Nobles
What: voted to give up their own privilages and agreed to give up their old manorial dues, exclusive hunting rights, special legal status, and exemption from taxes
Where: National Assembly Hall
Why/How: Decloration announced "born and remain free and equal rights" -
Monarchy is Abolished
Who: French Army
What: well-trained Prussian forces were cutting down raw French recruits
Where: the royal palace
Why/How: -Tenstions had lead to violence
-Radicals take control and Execute the King
-Radicals took control of the assembly -
Spread of Nationalism
Who: French people
What: strong senses of national identity
Where: Port City of Marsilles
Why/How: Nationalism is a strong feeling of pride in a devotion to ones country
-troops marched to a rousing new song -
Robespierre and the Reign of Terror
Who: suspected persons
What: the revolution of France was overshadowed by a time of terror as the Committee of Public Safety
When: from autumn 1793 to midsummer 1794
Where: France
Why/How: The number of suspects increased
-the condemned might travel an hour to the guillotine by cart as onlookers threw mud at them -
3rd Stage of Revolution & Napolean's rise to power
Who: Moderates
What: produced another constitution
Why/How: -set up a five man directory and a two-house legislature elected by male citizens of property
-Napolean won a series of brilliant victories against the Austrians in Italy