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The Storming of Bastille
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National Assembly and Constituent Assembly
The National Assembly:
The Third Estate asked for a new voting system in which each representative would vote individually. When the king refused, the Third Estate declared that, as the true representative of the nation, it was forming a National Assembly. The Constituent Assembly:
Finally, the king agreed to the Third Estate's demands. A new Constituent Assembly was formed to write a constitution. This was a triumph for the bourgueoise because the monarchy was no longer absolute. -
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Legislative Assembly (I)
After the Constitution of 1791 had been adopted, there were elections for the new Legislative Assembly, where emerged two main political groups:
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Legislative Assembly (II)
During the 1792, France was under atack by Austria and Prussia and declared war on these countries.
France's defeats at the hands of the European armies and Louis XVI's reclutance to accept the revolutionary changes caused unrest among the population. In August 1792 the people of Paris revolted and attacked the Tulieres Palace. As a result of this event, Louis XVI was imprisoned, the monarchy was abolished and France became a republic. -
Attack on the Tuileries Palace
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Republic (the Convention)
This was the most radical phase of the revolution. A new assembly called the Convention was elected with universal manhood suffrage.
In 1793 the Convention agreed to execute Louis XVI for treason and he as beheaded by guillotine. The Jacobins took control of the government and imposed a dictatorship known as the Terror. The Jacobins were led by Robespierre and supported by the sans-culottes -
Execution of Louis XVI by guillotine
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Directory and Consulate
The moderate deputies overthrew the Jacobins in 1794 and in 1795 they adoptes a new constitution. This constitution re-established limited male suffrage and it also itroduved a new form of government called the Directory. This was a more conservative government that was made up of five members, or directors.
The power and influence of the army increased as a result of the continuing foreign war, and of the threat that the radical revolutionaries might return to power -
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The Directory and the Consulate
In 1799 General Napoleon Bonaparte organised a military coup. He amied to restore peace at home and abroad.
Napoleon established a new form of government called the Consulate. It was made up of three consuls, including Napoleon himself as First Consul. In 1802, Napoleon was named First Consul for Live. This allowed him to introduce reform to end France's political and economic intability.
By 1804, Napoleon had absolute power and the French Revolution had ended -
Napoleon Bonaparte's coup
