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:flag-fr: FRENCH REVOLUTION :flag-fr: - Coggle Diagram
:flag-fr: FRENCH REVOLUTION :flag-fr:
Causes
Economic crisis
Political crisis
The influence of the Enlightenment
Social crisis
Peasantry had economic
problems
Bourgeoisie wanted to abolish the absolute
monarchy
Petite bourgeoisie had economic
problems
Nobility and clergy refused to pay taxes
Stages
The Legislative Assembly
Jacobins
Radical
Girondins
Moderate
The Convention
Robespierre establishes the Terror
Louis XVI is accused of treason and then executed.
Constituent Assembly
Legal reforms
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Abolished feudal rights
Elected to write a constitution
Separation of powers
Popular sovereignty
Limited male suffrage
Constitutional monarchy
Storming of the Bastille
The Directory
Conservative government composed of 5 members.
National Assembly
Third Estate demands a constitution
Consulate
Established by Napoleon
Three consuls
Napoleon - First consul
He declared himself Emperor of France in 1804
Achievements
International policy
Enlightened and revolutionary policies
Domestic policy
Civil code
Adoption
Divorce
State education
Civil marriage
Consequences
Economy
Private property rights
No privileges
Politics
New constitutions
New forms of government
Social changes
The estates system ceased to exist.
Disintegration of the Ancien Regime