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Woman March for bread | Parisian women rioted over the rising price of bread. the women marched on Versailles. First, they demanded that the National Assembly take action to provide bread. Then they turned their anger on the king and queen. They broke into the palace, killing some of the guards. The women demanded that Louis and Marie Antoinette return to Paris. After some time, Louis agreed. |
Woman March for bread | Parisian women rioted over the rising price of bread. the women marched on Versailles. First, they demanded that the National Assembly take action to provide bread. Then they turned their anger on the king and queen. They broke into the palace, killing some of the guards. The women demanded that Louis and Marie Antoinette return to Paris. After some time, Louis agreed. |
Woman March for bread | Parisian women rioted over the rising price of bread. the women marched on Versailles. First, they demanded that the National Assembly take action to provide bread. Then they turned their anger on the king and queen. They broke into the palace, killing some of the guards. The women demanded that Louis and Marie Antoinette return to Paris. After some time, Louis agreed. |
Woman March for bread | Parisian women rioted over the rising price of bread. the women marched on Versailles. First, they demanded that the National Assembly take action to provide bread. Then they turned their anger on the king and queen. They broke into the palace, killing some of the guards. The women demanded that Louis and Marie Antoinette return to Paris. After some time, Louis agreed. |
Old Regime | The social system before the French Revolution. Divided into 3 states: First State: the members of the roman catholic church • Owned 10% of the land in France • 1% of the population • Payed no taxes • Contributed 2% of their income to the government • Provided education and welfare for poor • They hated the ideas of the Enlightment |
Second State | Second State : the nobility • Owned 20% of the land • Were 2% of the population • Little or no taxes they had tp pay • Hated the Enlightment • Had high office departments |
Third state | Third State: 3 parts • 97% of the population • Half of their income was to paying the taxes, tithes: (church tax) Bourgeoisie middle class • Well educated, some were very rich • believed in the Enlightment • Burden by taxes, they had to pay most taxes • Lacked privileges |
Third state | City Workers: (Worst) •Very low salaries •Unnenployed •Hungry •Low education •Had to pay taxes Peasants • 80% of the population • They had to pay taxes, half of their salalries would go to taxes,Tithes • Most of them worked in the nobility states |
Causes of the revolution: | • The resesntment among classes, because the 3 atate resented the fact that 1 and 2 had all the privileges • The new ideas of the enlightment, they inspired the peoplpe to make a change • Economic problems: France had a very strong economy but in 1780 there was aproblem with the crops people were hungry. There were a lot of taxes and the food was really pricy, Bread dobloed the price. there was starvation. France was at debt so they borrowed money to help americanst but the banks closed for France • Weak leadership, the kings at the time was Louis XVI, he was an awkward and clumsy man who had good intentions but didn’t have the intlligence so they marry him to Marie Antoinette but their marriage was weird the didn’t have any * so the pueblo blamed maria for not having any children but eventually she had a child a girl and a boy and the last one she lot it. She loved France and adapted very well she used a lot aof money so the Franch named her madame defict |
Problems | Louis had no money left. His solution was to impose taxes on the nobility. However, the Second Estate forced him to call a meeting of the Estates-General—an assembly of representatives from all three estates—to approve this new tax. But was unnfair because there were only 3 votes, The two privileged estates could always outvote the Third Estate. |
National Assembly | The members of the 3 state wanted to make a change and a person from th 1 state made a dramatic speech were he suggested they would join anf form the national assembly they then decide to creat it, this was the frist act of revolution the Third Estate delegates found themselves locked out of their meeting room. They broke down a door to an indoor tennis court, pledging to stay until they had drawn up a new constitution. This pledge became known as the Tennis Court Oath. Then some members of the 1 and 2 state joined and Louis paid a swiss army to circle Versailles |
Storming of the Bastille | Rumours flew and people thought Louis got the army to masacre the people in France so they gathered weapons and haccked into the prision of the bastille were the weampons were and killed all the guards. That became the national day in France |
The great fear | A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789. Nobles and peasants were terrorized and did things to terrorize |
Woman March for bread | Parisian women rioted over the rising price of bread. the women marched on Versailles. First, they demanded that the National Assembly take action to provide bread. Then they turned their anger on the king and queen. They broke into the palace, killing some of the guards. The women demanded that Louis and Marie Antoinette return to Paris. After some time, Louis agreed. |
Directory | Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
Directory | Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
Directory | Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
Directory | Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
Directory | Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
Directory | Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
Directory | Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
Directory | Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
Directory | Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
Directory | Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
Declaration of the right of men | The National Assembly adopted a statement of revolutionary ideals, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. the document stated that “men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” These rights included “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.” This language emphasized the equality of all men, promoting the development of human rights. The Declaration also outlined civil rights in order to protect individuals’ freedom. The document guaranteed citizens equal justice, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. In keeping with these principles, revolutionary leaders adopted the expression “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” as their slogan. |
The assembly takes the church | The national Assembly confiscates the church to sell the land because they needed money to pay the debt but many peasents devoted to church didnt like that. They declared that Church officials and priests were to be elected and paid as state officials. |
Louis tries to escape | As louis sees what happened with the chucrh he tries to escape but is returned to Paris under the guards |
Legislative assembly | Created a constitution of limited constitutional monarchy. had the power to create laws and to approve or reject declarations of war. However, the king still held the executive power to enforce laws. Split into 3 sections: Radicals(left) :opposed the idea of a monarchy and wanted drastic changes in the way the government was run. Moderates(center ): wanted some changes in government, but not as many as the radicals. Conservatives(right): They upheld the idea of a limited monarchy and wanted few changes in government. |
War | The other countris wanted Louis as an absolut king so Austria and Prussia, urged the French to restore Louis to his position as an absolute monarch. The Legislative Assembly responded by declaring war |
France at war | The war began badly for the French. The Prussian commander threatened to destroy Paris if the revolutionaries harmed any member of the royal family. This enraged the Parisians. They invaded the Tuileries, the palace where the royal family was staying. The mob massacred the royal guards and imprisoned Louis, Marie Antoinette, and their children. |
Rumors | . Rumors began to spread that supporters of the king held in Paris prisons planned to break out and seize control of the city. Angry and fearful citizens raided the prisons and murdered over 1,000 prisoners. September Massacres. |
National Convention | Radicals (Jacobins) take control and the Legislative Assembly set aside the Constitution of 1791. It declared the king deposed, dissolved the assembly, and called for the election of a new legislature. This new governing body, the National Convention, took office on September 21. It quickly abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic. Adult male citizens were granted the right to vote and hold office. |
Jacobins | Ultra radicals |
Jean Paul Marat | They give the right to vote and hold the public office. A lot of the Jacobins were famous like Jean Paul Marat that was part of the ational convention. He owned a radical newspaper that was named the friend of the people. He was a promoted to eliminate the monarchy trough violence. |
The King dies | The National Convention had reduced Louis XVI’s role from that of a king to that of a common citizen and prisoner. Now, guided by radical Jacobins, it tried Louis for treason. The Convention found him guilty, and sentenced him to death. He was beheaded by the guillotine |
The war continues | Great Britain, Holland, and Spain joined Prussia and Austria against France. To reinforce the French army, Jacobin leaders in the Convention took an extreme step. the Convention ordered a draft of 300,000 French citizens between the ages of 18 and 40. By 1794, the army had grown to 800,000 and included women. |
Maximilien Robespierre | Jacobin Leader of the French revolution he was a defender of the poor people and liked the elightment ideas but once he bacamoe the leader he The jacobins wanted to forget everything in the past, their costumes, traditions etc. They started doing some changes in france (Jacobins were anti-religious) The Jacobins closed churches, prohibitted preists to give the sacraments, people could not worship. People was afraid for their lives because if he said what you were doing was antirevolutionary and got them to jail were if you were found guilty you would lose your head. The mayority were peasants ( ironic because the revolution was for them) He was the leader of the committee of public safety and the reign of terror started were a lot of people lost their head injustice |
End of terror | Fearing some members of the National Convention turned on Robespierre. They demanded his arrest and execution. The Reign of Terror, the radical phase of the French Revolution, ended on July 28, 1794, when Robespierre went to the guillotine. |
Directory | Moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |