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The French Revolution
violent political and social change
Causes of the French Revolution
The influence of the Enlightenment
bourgeoisie supported Enlightenment
Political crisis
Estates General
clergy (First Estate)
300 representatives and only one vote.
nobility (Second Estate)
300 representatives and only one vote.
middle class and the peasantry (Third Estate)
600 representatives and only one vote.
Economic crisis
bankrupt
increase taxes
participation in military conflicts
Social crisis
nobility and the clergy
refused to pay the taxes
bourgeoisie
abolish the absolute monarchy
petite bourgeoisie
higher taxes
wars, taxes and poor harvests.
angered by the luxurious lifestyle
Estates General
increase taxes
beginning of the French Revolution
Stages of the French Revolution
National Assembly
new voting system
Third Estate
true representatives of the nation
National Assembly
constitution
Constituent Assembly
Third Estate's demands
constitution
protesters began to riot in the streets
attacked the Bastille
legal reforms
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Abolished feudal rights
rights + freedom
Louis XVI tried to escape
constitutional monarchy, popular sovereignty, the separation of powers and limited male suffrage.
The Legislative Assembly
legal changes
Girondins
interests of the bourgeoisie
Jacobins
more radical
The Convention
Louis XVI was accused of treason and then executed
Robespierre
dictatorship
Terror
The Directory
conservative government
radical revolutionaries
General Napoleon Bonaparte
military coup (coup d'état)
Consulate
First Consul for life
Emperor of France
Domestic policy
Civil Code
new legal concepts
international policy
enlightened and revolutionary policies
Consequences of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire
disintegration of the Ancien Regime
politics
New forms of government were established
constitutions
popular sovereignty and separation of powers
economy
all citizens had to pay taxes
private property