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revolt/ national assembly acts
assemblyrumors asserted that the government was seizing peasant crops;peasants set fire to old manor records and stole grain from storehouses. a radical group,paris consume, replaced the royalist government of the city. august 4th, nobles in the national assembly voted to end their own privledges. feudalism was abolished. 6000 women march 13 miles in the pouring rain from paris to versaille to talk to the king about the shortage of wheat. natioal assembly puts the catholic church under state control -
divided french society/ financial troubles
france was didvided in to estates,nobels hold top government jobs,third estate is vastly diverse.natioal debt soars, economic reform fails -
louis XVI calls the estates general
estates prepare grieviance notebooks, delegates take the tennis court oath. only propertied men could vote -
parisians storm the bastille
800 parisians storm the bastialle, a midieval fortress used as a prison for political and other prisoners. the crow demanded weapons and gunpowder believed to be stored there.the commander refused to open the gate and open fired on the crowd. they killed the commander and 5 guards, released the prisoners held there, but found no weapons. -
threats from abroad
king of prussia and the emporer of Austria issued the declaration of the Pilnitz, the two monarchs threatened to intervene to protect the French monarchy; revolutionaries took the threat seriusly and prepared for war; the revolution was about to enter a new, more radical phase of change and conflict -
civil war
rulers fear the spread of revelation European rulers increases border patrols to stop the spread of the French plague radicals fight for the power and declare war; the newly elected ligislative assembly took office; national assembly declares war on tyranny; the war of words between French revolutionaries battlefield; the legislative assembly declared war on Austria, Prussia, Britian and other states -
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monarchy is abolished
no more monarcha crowd storms the palace; citizens attack the prisons that held nobels and priests and accused them of political offenses, abpout 1200 prisoners were killed; radicals take control and kill the king; the radical convention met and voted to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic -
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robbespierre and the reign of terror
guillotinerobbespierre rose to leadership of the committee of public safty; "the incorruptablr"; his enemies called him a tyrant; promoted religeous toleration and wanted to abolish slavery; the guillotine defines the reign of terror; 300,000 were arrested during the reign of terror. -
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3rd stage of the revolution
constituion of 1795constitution of 1795 set up a 5 man directory and a 2 house legistature elected by male citizens of property. the middle class and professional people of the Bougeosie were the dominant force during the 3rd stage of the revolution. peace was made with Prussia and Spain, but war with Austria and Great Britian continued. corrupt leaders filled their own pockets, but failed to solve pressing problems. napolean out powered them to become ruller of France. -
spread of nationalism
liberty caps and the tricolor confirmed liberty and equality for all male citizens. the title "citizen" applied to all social classes. revolution and war gave the French people a strong sense of national identity. as monarch power and loyalty shifted to the government rallied sons and daughters of the revolution to defeat the nation itself. state schools replaced the religeous ones and organized sytems to help the poor. slavery was also abolished in Frances carribean colonies.
