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04 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY
1 Difficult times for the monarchy
Factors that triggered the revolution
The liberal ideas of the Enlightenment.
The example of the United States
Inequality before the law
Economic crisis.
Political unrest.
Social inequalities.
The bourgeoisie, a revolutionary agent of liberalism
2 Phases of the French revolution
The estates-general (1789)
The French Revolution began in 1789 and finished in 1804
The Estates-General proposed that the rich pay taxes
National Constituent Assembly (1789–1791)
Parisians rose up attacked the Bastille prison
The soldiers defending the prison opened the doors so they could escape.
The king rew up the Constitution of 1791, which established the division of powers
Declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen
Article 1. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
Article 3. The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation.
Article 11. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the most precious rights of man.
Legislative assembly (1791–1792)
The Plain
The Jacobins
The Girondins
The absolutist powers of Austria and Prussia attacked France and threatened Paris in 1792
National Convention (1792-1795)
The Assembly assumed legislative and executive powers, become a National Convention
Republic was proclaimed in September 1792
Marie Antoinette(1755–1793)
The period known as ‘the Terror’ began
They seized power and sentenced Robespierre to death was called White Terror
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
It was originally one of many slogans created during the revolutionary period
The consulate (1799–1804)
The most prestigious French general, Napoleon Bonaparte
The directory (1795–1799)
The new Constitution was approved in 1795
Internal instability and the lack of a definitive victory abroad led to a new coup d’état.
