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- - - - a constitutional monarchy
      - limited male suffrage
      - the separation of powers
    - - people attacked the Bastille
    - - A revolt in the countryside
      - peasants attacked the homes of the nobility, burned their archives and refused to pay feudal duties
    - - They abolished feudal privileges and the tithes paid by the peasantry to the clergy
      - The assembly established equality in the payment of taxes
    - - the assembly passed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
      - Constitutional Assembly confiscated and sold church property
      - The clergy was paid by the state
      - They were elected by the people
    - - discontent among part of the clergy
      - emigration of many nobles to other European countries
      - They began a campaign to defeat the revolution
    - - tried to escape from France
      - asked Austria for support against the revolution
  - - - France's defeats at the hands of the European armies
      - Louis XVI's reluctance to accept the revolutionary changes
    - - The Jacobins
        
        represented the petite bourgeoisie
        
        They had more radical views. They wanted to abolish the monarchy, establish a republic and introduce universal manhood suffrage
      - The Girondins
        
        represented the interests of the wealthy bourgeoisie
        
        hey had moderate views and supported the constitutional monarchy and limited suffrage
    - - Louis XVI was imprisoned, the monarchy was abolished and France became a republic
      - the people of Paris revolted and attacked the Tuileries Palace
  - - - introduced a new form of government called the Directory
      - This was a more conservative government that was made up of five members, or directors
      - re-established limited male suffrage
    - - General Napoleon Bonaparte organised a military coup
      - He aimed to restore peace at home and abroad
    - - Napoleon was named First Consul for Life
      - his allowed him to introduce reforms to end France's political and economic instability
    - - Napoleon had absolute power and the French Revolution had ended
  - - - the Convention agreed to execute Louis XVI for treason and he was beheaded by guillotine
      - The Jacobins took control of the government and imposed a dictatorship known as the Terror.
      - The Jacobins were led by Robespierre and supported by the sans-culottes.
- - - - the court's excessive spending on parties, palaces and other luxuries
      - France's participation in military conflicts