Chp 18- French Revolution

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    Seven Years War

    France's participation in the Seven Years War also left them in debt. This debt was one of the early causes of the revolution.

  • Rene Maupeou appointed chancellor

    Louis XV of France elected Maupeou chancellor in 1770. Used his power as chancellor to disband all of the parlements and he also exiled members to remote parts of the country. After Loius XVI took the throne, Maupeou was fired.

  • Louis XV dies

    Louis XV died unexpectedly from small pox. Louis XVI was his successor.
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    American Revolution

    The French support of the Americans against Britian in the revolution left France in major debt. This debt was one of the beginning causes for the revolution

  • Jacques Necker appointed as the new diretor-general of finances in France

    Necker was a Swiss banker who was appointed as the new French director-general of finances. Released a report on France's financial situation and found that the royals gave pensions to aristocrats and other favorites of the royal court. Was soon forced out of office after that.

  • Charles Alexandre de Callone met with the Assembly of Notables

  • Parlement of Paris changed Estate General voting

    The Parlement of Paris changed the way that voting in the Estates General worked. They changed it from each indiviidual vote counting to each order counting as one vote.

  • Council announced that the Third Estate would elect twice as many members

    The council announced that the Third Estate would elect twice as many representatives as compared to the nobles or the clergy

  • Third Estate invited the nobles and the clergy to join their new legislative body

    Third Estate invited the nobles and the clergy to join their new legislative body; a few priests did

  • Siege of Bastille

    Many peasants stormed Bastille to get weapons, killed several guards, and freed the seven prisoners there. The guards fired into the crowd and killed 98 people.

  • The National Assembly is established

    The Third Estate declared themselves to be the National Assembly

  • The Second Estate joins the National Assembly

    The Second Estate joined the National Assembly two days after it was declared.

  • Louis XVI fired Jacques Necker

    Louis fired Necker without consulting his advisors first

  • The Cockade is chosen

    Marquis de Lafayette, leader of the National Guard, chose the cockade as the emblem of the revolution

  • Meeting of the National Assembly

    A meeting of the National Assembly to stop the riots in the countryside. By the end of the meeting all French citizens had to follow the same and equal
    law.

  • National Constituent Assembly published The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

    National Constituent Assembly published The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen, which was about the political principles of their organization

  • Women's March to Versailles

    7,000 armed women marched to Versailles to demand more bread.

  • Louis XVI ratified the end of Feudalism and approved the declaration

    Did this after the women's March and after this he was ordered by the crowd to move back to Paris.

  • Royal Family tries to flee Paris

    Disguised as peasants, the royal family tried to flee France, but they were recognized and escorted back by soldiers

  • National Constituent Assembly issued the Civil Constitution of the Clergy

    Did this in order to reconstruct the Church after its lands had been confiscated.

  • Tuileries Palace is invaded

    Mobs attacked the palace and forced Louis XVI and Marie Antionete to take refuge in the Legislative Assembly. Essentially imprisoned there.

  • September Massacres

    1,200 criminals were executed by the Parisian crowd

  • French was declared a republic

    The convention declared France to be a republic

  • Jacobins took control of the government

  • Sans-culottes invade the convention

    Invaded the convention and demanded the expulsion of all of the Girondist members
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    Reign of Terror

    A long period of violence after the French Revolution and thousands of people were executed

  • Convention established a ceiling on prices

  • Prussian, Austrian, and Russian troops were sent into Poland

    They were sent into Poland to stop the mutiny