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French Revolution - Coggle Diagram
French Revolution
1st Event
Feudalism
The holding of land in exchange for service or labour.
a combination of legal, economic, military and cultural customs
2nd Event
Subsistence Crisis
Wages didn't keep pace with prices
Population rose from 23million to 28 million in 1789
Price of staple diet increased rapidly
Gap between the poor and rich widened
3rd Event
Ideas of philosophers
Montesquieu
The spirit of the laws
Division of power within the government
Judiciary
Executive
Legislature
Jean Jacques Rousseau
The Social Contract
Each member should have one vote
John Locke
Two treaties of the government
Refuted the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the Monarch.
4th Event
Reasons of empty treasury
Long years of war
Helped 13 American colonies to gain independence from common enemy Britain.
Cost of maintaining an army
5th Event
Estates General Meeting
1st Estate- Clergy
300 Members attended it
2nd Estate - Nobility
300 Members attended it
3rd Estate
600 Members attended it
Prosperous and educated sections of the third estate
Peasants and Artisans were not allowed
Their grievances were written in 40,000 letter
5 May 1789
6th Event
Constitutional Monarchy
National assembly completed the draft of the constitution in 1791.
Powers were separated and assigned to different institutions
Active Citizens voted for group of electors
They were men above 25 years of age and who paid the highest bracket of taxes
The remaining citizens were called Passive citizens
7th Event
Revolutionary Wars
Losses and economic difficulties to the people
Revolution had to be carried further
Because 1791 Constitution gave rights to only richer sections of the society
Political clubs started forming
Name came from St. Jacob convent in Paris
8th Event
Reign of Terror
The period from 1793-1794
Robespierre
Followed policy of severe control
Laws placing a maximum ceiling on wages and prices
All french men and women were now called
Men- Citoyen
Women- Citoyenne
Churches were shut down
9th Event
Directory rules france
Rise of napoleon
The Directory was the governing five-member committee.
It was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte.
10th Event
Napoleon Bonaparte
Crowned himself emperor
In the year 1804
Introduces policies
Protection of private property
uniform system of heights and weights
Measure provided by decimal system
Defeated at Waterloo in 1815