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PHASES OF REVOLUTION

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  • THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY (1789-1792)

    THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY (1789-1792)
    The first phase of the French Revolution, the National Constituent Assembly was created. This assembly:
    *Abolished feudalism and approved the Declaration of the Rights.
    *Drew up a constitution (1791) based on the separation of powers, national sovereignty and legal equality, though the king reserved the right of veto.
    Once the Constitution was approved, a Legislative Assembly was formed.
    Finally, in order to solve the financial crisis, Church property was expropiated and sold.

  • THE SOCIAL REPUBLIC (1792-1794)

    THE SOCIAL REPUBLIC (1792-1794)
    The betrayal by the king and the military invasion led to the revolt by the common people (sans-culottes). On 10 August 1792, they stormed Tuileries Palace and imprisoned the royal family. A republic was declared and the second phase of the Revolution began.

  • THE GIRONDIN CONVENTION (1792-1793)

    THE GIRONDIN CONVENTION (1792-1793)
    The Girondins, the more moderate bourgeoisie, controlled the Republic. A new assembly, the Ntional Convention, was elected by universal male suffrage. Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were convicted of treason and executed (1793). In response to the king´s death, monarchies in Europe formed an absolutist coalition against France. Inside the country, counter-revolutionary revolts broke out and the fromer pribileged classes organised royalist plots.

  • THE JACOBIN CONVENTION (1793-1794)

    THE JACOBIN CONVENTION (1793-1794)
    In June 1793, the Jacobins, the most radical sector of the bourgeoisie, endorsed the demands of the popular sectors and seized power.
    To reject the Austrian invasion, a mass levy was organised that forced all citizens to join the army. To stop conspirators, the Reign of Terror was imposed.
    To satisfy the demands of the sans-culottes, a series of social laws were introduced.
    Robespierre and other Jacobin leaders were executed by guillotine in July 1794.

  • THE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLIC: THE DIRECTORY (1794-1799)

    THE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLIC: THE DIRECTORY (1794-1799)
    The moderate bourgeoisie took back control of Revolution and it entered its third and final phase. Jacobin laws were cancelled and exiles from the Reign of Terror were encouraged to return. A new Constitution (1795) granted executive power to collegial goverment, kwown as the Directory, and restored census suffrage.
    Napoleon Bonaparte organised a coup in 1799, that ended the Directory.