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Defesite Spending
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Louix XVI calles the estates-General
Estates General Meeting:
Who: King Louis calls a meeting in order to end the revolution.
What: The first French Parlimental meeting
Where: France, Versillies
When: 1788
Why: To end the revolution
How: he called cashiers from every estate, to come to the meeting with a list of their greivences. -
Financial Troubles
Financial Troubles.
Who: Jacques Necker proposed the king to impose taxes on the second and third estate.
What: Finances
Where: France, Versillies
When: 1789
Why: The king wanted to solve the financial crisis
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Revolt/National Assembly
Who:Starving Peasants, unemployed/ The delegates from each of the estates
What: The Great Fear/ Rights of man, womens march, church, and the constitution.
Where: France
When: 1789
Why: They wanted changes/ Pheasent uprisings
How: Rumors about troop attacks on villages/ Put the church under state control, Ended Special Priviliages, Rights of man, Women wanted marie Antoinette, Creation of the constitution. -
Divided French Society
Divided french society
Who: the 3 estates
What: The food crisis
where: France
when: April 28 1789
why: Rising food shortages, a decrease in wages
how: Unrest at a wallpaper factory sparked the revolution. -
Parisians storm the bastille
Who: Parisians
What: Bastille
Where: France
When: 1789 July 14
Why: There were rumors circulating that the royal troops were going to occupy the capital.
How: They stormed the bastille and tore it apart brick by brick. -
Threats from abroad
Who: The King of Prussia, Loius XVI,
What: The king of prussia wanted the french monarchy in power
Where: Prussia, and France
When: 1791
Why: Marie Antoniette was his sister and he wanted her back in Austria.
How: He threatened the french radicals with the Decleration of pilnitz "was a decleration of war if the monarchy wasnt restored back to power". -
Civil War
Who: Thr Radicals, Emigretes
What: The Revolution
Where: France
When: 1700's
Why: Because other european rulers hated the French revolution, and wanted to step in and help the monrahy.
How:The radicals declare war on Britian, prussia, russia, and other states. -
Monarchy is abolished
Who: King and Queen of france, Citizens
What: The French Abolish the monarchy
Where: France
When: Aug. 10 1792
Why: Enemy troops were cutting down the french troops and in a final desprete meassure they abolish the monarchy
How: The radicals backed wih parisan crowds take control over the assembly. -
Spread of Nationalism
Who: the french people
What: Spread of nationalism
Where: France
When 1793
Why The government rallies the french people
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The Reign of Terror
Who: The convention, Robespierre,
What: The Guillotine
Where: France
When: 1793
Why: The convention created the committe of public safty they were in charge of protecting the revolution and declaring war, and executions.
How: The convention created the committe of public safety in order to deal with threats to france -
The Third stage of the Revolution
Who: Moderates, Napolean,
What: new constitution, Napolean rises to power.
Where: France
When: 1795 to 1799
Why: Peace was made with spain, and prussia but war continued with britian and austria. Corrupt leaders line their own pockets but failed to make any significant changes.
How: Politicians turned towards napolean, because they wanted him to advance their own goals of reform.
