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French revolution
Stages
National Assembly
New voting system
Proposed by the third estate
Each representative had an individual vote
Refused by the king
Declare themselves true representatives of the nation
Demanded constitution
1st stage
Constituent Assembly
Constitution approved
1791 was adopted
Constitutional monarchy
Popular sovereignty
Separation of powers
Limited male suffrage
14/7/1789
Storming of the Bastille
Consecuences
Legal reforms
Abolished feudal rights
Approved Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen
All men are born in their rights
Free
Equal
Freedom to do anything that doesn’t harm others
Louis XVI tried to escape to Austria
Revolutionaries prevent that
2nd stage
Legislative assembly
3rd stage
Elected for implementing legal changes
2 dominant political groups
Girondins
Revolutionaires
Interests of the bourgeois
More moderate with time
Liberal economic policies
Helped middle class
Limited male suffrage
Jacobins
Revolutionaries
More radical with time
Abolish monarchy
Expand suffrage
Control price rises
Supported by sans-culottes
Louis XVI opposed
Asked Austria for support
Response
Imprisioned the king
Abolished monarchy
Declared France a republic
Convention
Louis XVI accused of treason
Executedi in the guillotine
Jacobins took the power
Leaded by Robespierre
Imposed a dictatorship
The Terror
4th stage
Directory
1795
Middle class gained control
Made to stop violence and executions
5th stage
More conservative
5 members
1799
France in war
Response
Coup d’etat by Napoleon
New form of government
Consulate
3 consuls
Napoleon as 1st consul
1st consul for life since 1802
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Radical revolutionaires wanted more power
Causes
Enlightenment ideas
Political crisis
Estates General
300 representatives
Clergy
1 vote
Nobility
1 vote
600 representatives
Middle class and pesantry
1 vote
Economic crisis
Bankrupt
Participation in wars
Luxury life
Increase of taxes
Social crisis
All discontented with the crown
Nobility and clergy
Refused to pay taxes
Protect their privileges
Peasantry
Economic difficulties
Wars
Higher taxes
Poor harvests
Pay higher rent to
Nobility
Clergy
Bourgeoisie
Abolish monarchy
Couldn’t participate in government
Petite bourgeoisie
Economic difficulties
Wars
High taxes
Competition from British products
General characteristics
1789-1799
Violent political and social change
Abolition of absolute monarchy
End of state system of A.R.
Consecuences
Crisis
Politics
End of absolute monarchy
New forms of government
Constitutional monarchy
Republic
New constitution
Popular soverignty
Separation of powers
Limited male suffrage
Civil rights
Political groups
Economy
End of priviliges
All pay taxes
Contribute state’s expenses
New laws
Private property
Free trade
Social changes
No more states system
Desintegration of A.R.