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divided french society
france is divived into 3 estates the first consists of the churt or clergy. The second consists of the nobles and the third is everyone else. -
General meeting
after the bread riots start the city turns against each other and the king in a state of confusion will call the meetign of the generals. they talk about the state of the city and how it can be fixed or what they can do about it. with the time left before it becomes a full fledge riot of the people they need a sulution to the problem. -
fall of the bastille
As the "peasants" revolted against the upper classes takin hold of the bastille quickly taking over and showing their power they stuck a head on a pike(a weapon they used). later on they end up tearing the bastille apart and sell the chunks as symbols of the cities freedom against the heavy oppression of the ruler. -
the revolt
The third estate is thrown into a frenzy as the city gets more in debt or poor than before and wanting equallity the revolt starts. -
threats from abroad
as the king was captured by his what use to be people along with the queen prussia and austria along with others sent threats to france in order to try to free the king. -
radicals take over
the new legaslative branch assembley took office but failed miserably in 1 year. the "radicals" consist of the sanculots (the working class) and the jacobin (the poor). They pushed for more radical action in the revolution. -
monarchy is abolished
a crowd of perrisians stormed the royal palace killing off the kings guards wanting the the queen dead. the king and queen escaped but were caught and made prisones. one month later 1200 nobles and priests were killed. later the king was killed finishing of the monarchy. -
the reign of terror
rospier became the leaver of the public safety comitty. It ended in july the next year. he was nicknamed the incorruptable. 17,000 were executed during the reign of terror (the guillotine) and 300,000 arrested. the reign of terror ended on july 27 1794 when rospier was executed by his own killing machine. -
third stage of the revolution
moderates came up with another constitution made up of a 5 man directory and a 2 house legalature which held power from 1795 to 1799. corrupt leaders failed to solve any of the major problems and lined their own pockets. politicians turned to napoleon bonaparte. -
spread of nationalism
the war gave french people a strong sence of national identity. the people went from supporting the king or queen to defending their nation. the revolutionaries pushed for social reform and religious tolerance.
