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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION europe end of the 18th century - Coggle Diagram
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
europe
end of the 18th century
BOURGEOISIE
Became the dominant political force
CAUSES
The ideas of: Voltaire, Rosseau and Montesquieu
4th of July of the 1776
Indepence of United States
The enlightened mentality and social discontent was the perfect breeding ground that exploded the revolution
SOCIETY IN FRENCH
BEFORE DE REVOLUTION
First State: Clergy, don't pay taxes and receive the thiet from the peasants
Second State: Nobility, don't pay taxes
Third State: Peasants, Bourgeoisie and Urban working classes
1788, The king convenes the general states
(a medieval parliament)
Nacional Assembly
Later named as constituent assembly
Signed the:
Declaration of the human rights
Suppression of feudalism
Appropriation of church property
Civil constitution of the clergy
Freedom of the press
Drafting of a constitution
Approved in 1791
The voice of the revolution: Jean-Paul Marat
Declaration to the war to Austria
1792 Universal Suffrage
Nacional Convence
A new constitution
A new calendar
Changed the names of the months
1795 a new constitution
Legislative power, governed by two cameras
Executive power governed by five persons
1795-1799 Directory
An economic crisis
Napoleon 1799
Gave an state break
Internal order
Economic growth