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Marat Murdered
The murder of a leader from the French Revolution Jean-Paul Marat. Not only a leader but a muse for one of the most famous paintings that from the French Revolution, it showed the journalist lying dead in a bathtub after he was murdered by Charlotte Corday. Marat had a skin condition that forced him to spend all of his time in his bathtub where he would often work. Corday had stabbed Marat while in the bath but she did not flee after stabbing him, tried and executed for the murder. -
Seven Years War
Seven years war was fought between 1756 and 1763. It involved the European great power which was made up of five continents, it affected Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines. The war provided Great Britain a huge territory gain in North America, but disputes over frontier policy and paying the war’s expenses which causes the people to be very unpleased, it ultimately led to the beginning of the American Revolution. -
American Revolution
A revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. They defeated the British in the American Revolution War while in alliance with France and others. The Significance of the American Revolution is that it attracted the attention of a political league throughout the European continent. It was a precursor to the French Revolution, but it lacked the violence and chaos that was in the French Revolution because it occurred in a society that had already been fundamentally liberal. -
Coronation of Louis XVI
Louis Auguste became Louis XVI when his grandfather Louis XV died in 1774. He was 20 years old at the time, he was immature and lacked self-confidence, at the time he did not have what it took to be a king. He wanted to be a good king and help his subjects, but he faced debt and resentment towards a monarchy. He focused on religious freedom and foreign policy. -
The Diamond Necklace Affair
The Diamond Necklace affair was that Marie Antoinette helped in the defrauding of crown jewellers about the cost of a the diamond necklace. The Affair is significant because the events that led to the French peoples displeasement with the monarchy, which eventually led to the French Revolution also it is important in discrediting the Bourbon monarchy in the eyes of the French people. -
Tennis Court Oath
An act of defiance by people who represented the non privileged classes of the French nation during the meeting of the traditional assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution. They found themselves locked out of the meeting hall at Versailles on June 20th and thinking that the king was forcing them to disband, they moved to a nearby indoor tennis court, where they took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France. -
Storming of the Bastille
The prison contained seven inmates at the time when it was stormed, it was seen as a symbol of the monarchy's abuses of power and its fall was the starting point of the French Revolution. The crowd asked for the surrender of the prison, the removal of the cannon and the release of the arms &gunpowder. Representatives of the crowd were invited into the fortress for negotiations,and another for definite demands.The negotiations were long making the crowd impatient, beginning the storming -
Abolition of Titles of the Nobility
The National Assembly decreed that hereditary nobility is abolished. The titles of Prince, Duke, Count, Knight, Lord, Squire, Noble, and all other similar titles will not be accepted by or bestowed upon, anyone. The titles of Your Royal Highness and Your Royal Highnesses would not be passed onto any group or individual,or the titles of Excellency, Highness, etc. Under pretext of the present decree.The decree does not apply to foreigners; they may preserve their coats of arms in France. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a law passed that caused the immediate submission of the Catholic Church to the French government. There was a need to create new administrative and financial framework for the French Church. The main features of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy were to reduce the number of bishops from 135 to 83. -
The Anthem of France
La Marseillaise, the anthem of France was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria. The Marseillaise was a revolutionary song, an anthem to freedom. The melody became the rallying call to the French Revolution and became "La Marseillaise" after the melody was first sung on the streets by volunteers from Marseille. -
War of the First Coalition
The traditional name of the wars where several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797 against the French First Republic. Despite the strength from these nations compared to France, they were not allied enough and fought without coordination or agreement. Each power had its eye on a different part of France they wanted to appropriate after a French defeat, but that never occurred. -
The September Massacres
The September Massacres were a wave of killings in Paris that went from September 2nd to September 7th, 1792 and other cities during the French Revolution. The massacres made way for the revolutionists to wipe out those who they felt had wrongfully treated them and to show the advancing Prussian army that they were a strong force. The mobs killed many political and aristocratic prisoners because they represented the monarchs, and also to prohibit them from getting rescued. -
Abolition of the Monarchy
The abolition of the monarchy was a proclamation announcing that it had abolished the French monarchy. This came one year after King Louis XVI approved a new constitution that stripped him from some of his power. At the beginning of the proclamation, efforts grew to eliminate the political and social system of the Kingdom of France. The Convention passed a new set of laws replacing many familiar ancient systems of order and measurement. -
Creation of the Committee of Public Safety
The Committee overpowered the previous Committee of General Defence and its role was protecting the new republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion.It was given power over the military, judicial,and legislative efforts.It was originally formed to be a administrative body to supervise the work of executives of the convention and of the government ministers but the disagreement within led to the fall of Robespierre in July 1794,its powers were limited to the areas of war. -
Execution of Louis XVI
He was the last king of France from 1774 to 1792. He was unsuited to deal with the financial problems that he had inherited from his grandfather when he became king. He was convicted of treason by tribunal and was later executed by use of a guillotine in 1793, 9 months after his death, his wife followed him. After his death, his head was paraded around the circle of people who was viewing his execution. A cruel act that some people would not agree with and should not be subjected to. -
Execution of Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was executed after a two-day trial which began on October 14th, 1793, She was convicted for high treason and executed by guillotine. Marie Antoinette was declared guilty of the three charges which were depletion of national treasury, conspiracy against internal and external security of the State, and high treason because of her intelligence activities in the interest of the enemy. Her execution occurred 9 months after her husband, King Louis XVI was executed. -
Danton Execution
The trial was less of a criminal but more than political. Only seven jurors could be relied on for the returning the verdict, they were the only people that could be trusted. Danton made long and violent attacks on Public Safety. They demanded that they have the right to have witnesses appear on their behalf, they submitted many requests for several people to represent them,In the Desmoulins' case, Robespierre. Out of the group executed by guillotine Danton was the last to be executed. -
Execution of Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was a French lawyer and a politician, he was one of the most influential figures in the French Revolution. He was overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. Robespierre encouraged the execution by guillotine of more than 17,000 enemies, it was his favourite style of execution. The day after his arrest, Robespierre and 21 others were guillotined before a cheering mob. Ironic that he was executed in the ways he encouraged heavily. -
The Directory
The French Directory was a five member committee that governed France from 1795,it lasted for 4 years until it was overthrown by Napoleon. The Directory was continuously at war with foreign alliances which included Britain, Austria, Prussia, the Kingdom of Naples, Russia and the Ottoman Empire, all at different times, not one after the other. It established sister republics which was a mean of controlling land that was occupied through a mix of French and local power. -
Coup of 18 Brumaire
The coup of 18 Brumaire brought Napoleon to power as First Consul of France, and was viewed as the thing that ended the French Revolution by many historians. This coup overthrew the Directory brining Napoleon into power, who replaced it with the French Consulate. It was also the beginning of Napoleon's dictatorship over France. His success in evading the British proved that peoples belief in Napoleons star was growing and proving to be very successful.
