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Causes of French Revolution
- International: struggle for hegemony and Empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state. 2. Political conflict: conflict between the Monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy. 3. The Enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts. 4. Social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie. 5. Ineffective ruler: Louis XVI. 6. Economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89.
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tax plan meeting.
france is having money problems , so they called a meeting in place and the first & second estates were being unreasonable so the third esate left and started a new gruop. -
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The Fench Revolution!!
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The National Assembly .
As the National Assembly continued to work on the D.R.M , the king wasn's very happy. they split from the other 2 estates because they were really unreasonable and didn't respect the 3rd. estate.
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The Tennis Court Oath.
On June 17, the Third Estate decided to break from the Estates General and draw up their own constitution. They also dubbed themselves the "National Assembly." On June 20, 1789 they found themselves locked out of their regular meeting place, and so they gathered in an nearby tennis court and vowed that they would continue to meet until they had established a new constitution for France. This was the first step of the French Revolution. -
drafting!
The National Assembly appoints a committee of thirty members to draft a constitution. The National Assembly proclaims itself the Constituent National Assembly, with full authority and power to decree laws; their primary task is to draw up and adopt a constitution. Necker is dismissed. Demonstrations and speeches take place at the Palais–Royal. The electors of Paris form a standing committee and a citizens’ militia. -
Attack on Bastille
searching for gun powder and prisoners that had been taken by the unpopular and detested King, Louis XVI. Even elements of the newly formed National Guard were present at the assault. and while this was happening the king was doing nothing but probably eating. -
D.R.M
Once they had agreed on the necessity of drafting a declaration of rights, the deputies of the National Assembly still faced the daunting task of composing one that a majority could accept. The debate raised several questions: should the declaration be short and limited to general principles or should it rather include a long explanation of the significance of each article; should the declaration include a list of duties or only rights; and what precisely were "the natural, inalienable, and sacr -
The Bread March!!
thousands of women marched from Paris to Versailles (12 miles) . They were armed with what ever weapon possibe . They wated food & for the king to sign the D.R.M .
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The Royal Escape
The Revolution had been going for about two years. The royal family was under house arrest in their palace in Paris. one night, the king and his family got in their royal carriage and using the cover of darkness they tried to to head for Austria they made it to the border but were spotted and captured and brought back to Paris.
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Frances declared War on Austria!!
European nations feared the spread of revolutionary fervor from France and were highly critical of the new government in France threatening to intervene to restore the power of King. A number of other issues divided Austria and France, and both sides seemed to want war. On April 20, 1792 France declared war on Austria. That began the War of the First Coalition. The French suffered initial defeats in the field. -
Death!!!
King Louis XVI was sentenced to the guillotine, and beheaded. As a result Austria , Prussia , Portaugal, Britian , & the Dutch Republic declared war on France and invaded. If France lost this war then the French Revolution would be crushed and Frances absolute monarchy would be restored .
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the Reign of terror
When the war started , the french army was loosing and the Austrian Prussian army got to within 30 miles or so of Paris. Great Britian put a anval blackade on Frances ports. As a result the French goverenment ( nation assembly ) started killing anyone who was against the french revolution. 40,000 people including Marie Antoinetter will be sentto the guillotine.The reign of terror ends with Maximilllien Robespierre being sent to the guillentine. -
Robespierre!
On July 26, the dictator delivered a long harangue complaining that he was being accused of crimes unjustly. The Convention, after at first obediently passing his decrees, next rescinded them and referred his proposals to the committees. That night at the Jacobin Club his party again triumphed. At the Convention the following day, Saint-Just could not obtain a hearing, and Robespierre was vehemently attacked (the 9th of Thermidor). A deputy proposed his arrest; at the fatal word Robespierre's po -
Napoleon!!
During the revoluttion , Napoleon rose through the military ranks. he became leader of the French army in Italy. He lead France in taking Egypt from Great Britain. Napoleon is considered one of the greatest generals in all of history.
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A new start
Under the Constitution of the Year III (1795) legislative power was shared by two chambers, elected for three years by restricted suffrage (a Council of Five Hundred, which had power to initiate laws, and a Council of Ancients), with an executive of five, the Directory. After four years of severe political instability the coup de grâce came on 18 Brumaire Year VIII (9 November 1799), when Bonaparte took power and parliament was eclipsed for many years.
