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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Characteristics:
The Third Estate wanted a new voting system--->They proposed to vote by head.
The Third Estate asked for a more representative form of government.
The National Assembly was created when the king refused what they asked.
The Tennis Court Oath -
Tennis Court Oath
The king locked the National Assembly so they decided to met at the tennis court in order to protest.
The king,afraid of a greater revolution decided to form the Constituent Assembly in order to write a constitution -
Constituent Assembly
This period supposed the abolishment of the ABSOLUTE MONARCHY.
The Storming of the Bastille occurred.
The Third Estate won and supposed some reforms:
- Abolished some feudal privileges and tithes.
- Equality in the payment of taxes.
This supposed the appearances of the Counterrevolutionaries.
Finally in 1791 the National Assembly approved the Constitution.
Characteristics:
- Constitutional monarchy
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The storming of the Bastille
In order to Louis XVI maintained his power he organised a military coup.This led to a riot in Paris, where citizens attacked the Bastille on 14 of July, 1789 with the help of the national guard.
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THE PHASES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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Attack on the Tuileries Palace
This attack was managed by sans culottes.
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Legislative Assembly
Elections occurred and there were two main groups
-Girondins->Represented wealthy bourgeoisie:moderate views, appointed Constitutional Monarchy and limited male suffrage
-Jacobins->Represented petite bourgeoisie:radica views, appointed a republic and universal manhood suffrage.
France was involved in wars with Austria and Prussia.
France's defeats + the economic cost of the war created:
-Attack of the Tuileries Palais by the Sans Culottes
-Louis XVI was overthrew.
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REPUBLIC(THE CONVENTION)
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Republic ( The convention)
Jacobins, led by Robespierre and supported by sans culottes and this were the following characteristics:
-Dictatorship as new form of government (The Terror) also known as Bloody Reign.
-Repression against counterrevolutionaries.
-Constitution of 1793-->Universal manhood suffrage.
-Law of Maximum> fix affordable prices over the products.
-Robespierre himself was also finally executed because of the fear the people had -
Execution of Louis XVI by guilotine
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DIRECTORY AND CONSULATE
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Directory and Consulate
The Directory(1795's new constitution:
Directory as a form of government
-Moderate and conservative government
-Re-establishment of the limited male suffrage-
-The power and influence of the army increased.
Social unrest( members from The Terror were persecuted by the ones of the White Terror) -
Directory and Consulate
The consulate(made by 3 consul):
Napoleón Bonaparte organised a military coup to overthrow the moderates
The aim:restore the peace and the spread of the Enlightenment ideas through Europe.
1804 end of the republic.
