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1204
louis xvi
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Period: 1204 to
Monarchy
-A monarchy is a political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person
- The legislative assembly votes to abolish the monarchy and established the legislative assembly and king louis XVI reluctantly approved a new constitution that stripped him of much of his power -
constitution of the rights of man
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National assembly
-They made the constitution of 1791 and the declaration of the rights of man
-The declaration of the rights of man made France a limited monarchy, and they divided up all of the churches land and sold it to peasants.
-It also made it that people had freedom, freedom of religion, freedom of speech and people had the right to vote for new laws.
- They abolished special privilege's -
middle class man
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Legislative assembly
The legislative assembly was the legislature of the kingdom of France
-it focused on political debate and revolutionary law making between the period of the national constituent assembly and of the national convention
-the assembly mostly consisted of middle class members -
convention meeting
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convention
on September 22, 1792 the convention met for the first time
-Established the first French republic
-They represented the rich middle class
-The convention abolished the monarchy
-Despite military success, the convention continued to face problems domestically -
Napoleon taking over the directory government
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Directory
-restored stability to France by resurrecting the initial revolutionary principles of 1789
-it followed after the excess of the reign of terror and the community of public safety
-it was controlled by 5 ''directorys''
-the end of the convention was caused by Napoleon over throwing the government
