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CAUSES
Economic. Support for North American colonists, the poor harvests and the luxury of the royal court, resulted in an economic crisis.
Ideological.The Enlightenment defended the freedom and the equality.
Social. In order to propose a tax reform involving the nobility and the clergy, King Louis XVI summoned the Estates General on May 5. However, as the vote was by state, and the vote of the nobility and the clergy was worth two, the reform wasn't approved and the king closed the Estates General. -
National Assembly
The Third Estate (the bourgeois and the peasantry) proclaimed themselves National Assembly, I mean, the only representatives of the French people. -
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Jeu de Paume Oath
National Assembly met on 20 June in a hall in which the sport of Real Tennis was played. There the deputies swore not to separate before giving France a Constitution. -
Constituent Assembly
The National Assembly became the Constituent Assembly since its aim was to draw up a Constitution. -
Storming of the Bastille
Because the king tried to repress and dissolve the Constituent Assembly, people of Paris revolted storming the Bastille, as this prison symbolized the absolute power of the king. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
It proclaims the freedom and equality with which men are born and remain. This declaration also talks about national sovereignty as a right of citizens. -
Flight to Varennes
With the aim of leaving France and asking for help to the other European monarchies, the royal family tried to flee the country, but they were captured and returned to France. King Louis XVI was forgiven in exchange for singing the Constitution. -
French Constitution
The French Constitution was promulgated by the Constituent Assembly and accepted by King Louis XVI. It includes the principles of national sovereignty, the separation of powers and the census suffrage. This Constitution ends the Absolute Monarchy in France. -
Olympe de Gouges: Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen
Olympe de Gouges, a female French political activist and playwright, wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen in direct response to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.The document sheds light on the failure of the French Revolution to extend its ideals beyond men and demands equality between women and men. -
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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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France declares war on Austria
The Legislative Assembly declares war "on the king of Hungary and Bohemia", so that the Austrian people wouldn't think it was against them .Only the Jacobins led by Robespierre opposed this decision, beacause they wanted to make more radical reforms. -
Attack on the Tuileries Palace: Overthrow of the monarchy
After the people's revolt and the assault on the royal palace, new elections were called, which gave way to a new legislative Assembly: the National Convention. -
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NATIONAL CONVENTION
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a dark and violent period of time during the French Revolution. Radicals (Jacobins) took control of the revolutionary government. They arrested and executed anyone who they suspected might not be loyal to the revolution; more than 50.000 persons were executed.
It ended on 27 July 1794 when Robespierre was removed from power and executed. -
Execution of Louis XVI
After being tried and convicted by the Convention for treason, he was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. -
Coup d'État Napoleon Bonaparte
