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Crisis of the Ancien Régime
The French state faced a series of budgetary crises during the 18th century, caused primarily by structural deficiencies rather than lack of resources. The failure of the Ancien Régime to manage social and economic inequality was the underlying cause of the Frenc Revolution. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-ancien-regime/ -
Estates - General of 1789
Louis XVI openned the first sesions of the known as Estates - General. They were composed by the clergy, nobility and commons. The most important thing of these sesions was that the third statement started raising his voice and asked to vote individually instead of as a group divided into the three statements located there. https://youtu.be/9Q6GiPWR5dI -
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National Assembly
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Storming of the Bastille
After openning the national asembly, the third statement started several popular protests in opossitionf of the royalty and the shortage of the daily products. They ended up by storming the jail of the Bastille, where political prisoners (symbol of the absolutism) were. This started the well known French Revolution. https://youtu.be/tiTXftPAB8g -
The declaration of the rights of Men and of the citizens
After many confrontations between the commons and the nobelty, the asembly finally aprobed the declaration of the rights of men and of the citizens, inspired by the declaration of Virginia of 1776. This text consecrated natural and imprescriptibles rights for the French. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Declaration-of-the-Rights-of-Man-and-of-the-Citizen -
The first french Constitution
The first liberal constitution, motivated by the American of 1787, arrived to France. The kingdom became a constitutional monarchy, the powers were divided into three and the country abandoned the ancient règime. https://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/constitution-of-1791/ -
Insurrection of 10th of august.
Was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace. The conflict led France to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic. Louis XVI became a prisoner of the republicans revolutionaries. https://youtu.be/tzwNItoTfwA -
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National Convention.
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The creation of the convention and naming of the republic.
After elections were celebrated, France created a parliament known as the National Convention, becaming a republic and ending the monarchy era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Convention -
Robespierre gets the power and Louis XVI is guillotined.
As a symbol of the abolition of the monarchy, Louis XVI was guillotined in january. As a result, Robespierre got the power of the French republic and consolidated it in july of the same year. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robespierre-overthrown-in-france -
The French’s second constitution.
After becoming the president of France, Robespierre promoted a new constitution which involved a more extended democracy and liberty in the country. Based on the universal suffrage and the national sovereignty. https://revolution.chnm.org/items/show/422 -
Thermidorian reaction
The bloodshed did not end with the death of Robespierre; Southern France saw a wave of revenge killings, directed against alleged Jacobins. The middle - class and the army ended up with the jacobins republic and Robespierre was guillotined. https://youtu.be/P68-hfVCXXE -
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The Directory.
The last era of the French Revolution that ended up by the coup of 18 Burmario with Napoleon in the power. -
Constitution of Year III.
The Directory was the last era of the French Revolution. It was marked by a conservative turning impulsed by the middle - class with properties.
A new constitution was stablished, the third one in a considerable small period of time. It introduced the censitary suffrage and the executive power fell in five members’ of the Directory hands. https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/450/ -
Conspiracy of the Equals
It was a failed coup d’état during the French Revolution. It was led by François-Noël Babeuf, who wanted to overthrow the Directory and replace it with an egalitarian and proto-socialist republic, inspired by Jacobin ideals. The members of the Directory had to led with many conspirations like this one, but all of them failed, until 1799. -
Coup of 18 Brumaire.
Due to the government’s political instability, Napoleón Bonaparte got the power of the French republic after a coup d’Etat known as the “Coup of 18 Brumaire”. After this, the revolution era was given as finished. https://youtu.be/gUOsMQhiQcQ -
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The Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon extended French borders more than ever. Finally, the empire falls and France start losing territories, ending its lead of the world. -
Napoleón Bonaparte
Napoleón Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) was a French general during the French Revolution and the Directory who promoted the coup of 18 Brumaire, that became him the leader of the republic. https://youtu.be/npl9G-lyRB0 -
Napoleón: the unique consul.
France, after being governed by a political system where the powers were divided into three, changes completely in 1802 when Bonaparte is names as the unique consul and leader of the country until dead. -
Constitution of year XII.
Since Napoleon arrived to the head of France, reforms where done in the political area. Bonaparte stablished a new constitution, the one of the year XII, where the main point was that all the powers fall into Napoleon’s hands, becaming an autocracy political system. https://www.britannica.com/place/France/The-Napoleonic-era -
Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte.
In December 1804, Napoleon put on her own the crown in his head, coronating as the French emperor in Notre Dame, in front of the appearance of the pope Pio VII. https://youtu.be/J4-hcmBsll0 -
The Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Here you have a small documentary of how the Bonaparte’s empire was. https://youtu.be/pqVn3fTYCj4 -
Dead of Napoleon Bonaparte.
After making France the strongest empire in the world, Bonaparte started losing battles and losing territories. French people started losing their confidence and wanted the monarchy to return. Napoleon run away to Santa Elena islands and died there. The Empire of Napoleon and the French leading era in the world ended. https://youtu.be/HxTNuGnYZWM -
Monarchy returns to France.
After the dead of the emperor Napoleon, the monarchy returned to France following the Borbon’s chain of successions; becoming Louis XVIII the King of France after 29 years of republic.