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In France under the Old Regime, the States-General or Estates-General, was a legislative assembly of the different classes (or estates) of French citizens. It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates, which were called and dismissed by the king.
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During the French Revolution, the National Assembly which existed from June 17, 1789 to July 9, 1791, was a transitional body between the Estates-General and the National Constituent Assembly.
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During the French Revolution, the National Assembly which existed from June 17, 1789 to July 9, 1791, was a transitional body between the Estates-General and the National Constituent Assembly.
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the French feudal system was abolished in a night session on the National Assembly, and the decree was revised and published on August 11th.
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The constitution was not egalitarian by today's standards. It distinguished between the propertied active citizens and the poorer passive citizens. Women lacked rights to liberties such as education, freedom to speak, write, print and worship. and king louis accepted them.
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Jacques Necker was a French statesman who was born in sweeden. he was finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789. he was a key person who led the french revolution. His death was a very important stresser for many people in france.
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During the French Revolution, the Legislative Assembly provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention.
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On Apr. 20, 1792, France declared war on Austria. The French armies lacked organization and discipline, and many noble officers had emigrated. The allied Austrian and Prussian forces under Charles William Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick, quickly crossed the frontier and began to march on Paris. long story short, it wasn't the best fight franch had ever fought,
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louis was a key person in the revolution. but he was trailed and later put to execution . he put on trail for 33 charges, talk about a bad king...
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on February 4th thousands of slaves all around france were freed because the people have spoken and the revolution was about to come to an end, it was about time, slavery is wrong and should have never been accepted in the first place.
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were a series of wars fought between France and a number of European nations.They were a continuation of the wars of the French Revolution, in which the Habsburgs and other European dynasties combined in an effort to overthrow the revolutionary government of France and restore the rule of the French monarchy. this didn't work hence the revolution.
