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The French Revolution
THE EVENTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
The Legislative Assembly
Constitution of 1791 had been adopted
Jacobins
petite bourgeoisie
Girondins
wealthy bourgeoisie
August 1792
Paris revolted and attacked the Tuileries Palace
France became a republic
The Convention
most radical phase
New assembly called the Convention
In 1793
execute Louis XVI
The Jacobins took control
the Terror
led by Robespierre
The Constituent Assembly
king agreed to the Third Estate's demands
Constituent Assembly
was formed to write a constitution
14 July 1789
people attacked the Bastille
In 1790
assembly passed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
In 1791
assembly approved the constitution
limited male suffrage
separation of powers
Constitutional monarchy
The National Assembly
The Third Estate asked for a new voting system
each representative would vote individually
was forming a National Assembly
The Directory and the Consulate
the Jacobins
in 1794 and in 1795
adopted a new constitution
new form of government
Directory.
In 1799
General Napoleon Bonaparte
organised a military coup
established a new form of government
Consulate
THE CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Was caused by a combination of related factors
The economic crisis
the French monarchy was heavily in debt
The social crisis
the economic crisis affected each of the three estates
The privileged estates
Clergy
Nobility
Third Estate
non-privileged
they were the only estate that paid tax
The influence of the Enlightenment
French intellectuals and the bourgeoisie
supported Enlightenment ideas
The political crisis
to improve royal finances
Louis XVI's
the privileged estates should pay tax
The nobility and clergy
Demanded that the king call the Estates General.
was a period of violent political and social change
