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FRENCH REVOLUTION
EVENTS OF FRENCH REVOLUTION
National Assembly
The Third Estate wanted a Constitution
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZENS
They wanted to have each one vote for Estate General
The king refused
Constituent Assembly
The king agreed to the Thir Estate's demands
A Costituent Assembly was formed
1-People attacked Bastille
(14th of July 1789)
2-Revolts spread all over France
3-In consequence, these measures were taken
feudal privileges abolihed
Equality of payment of taxes
Church properties were sold
Many nobles and clerks emigrated
Constitution
(1791)
Constitutional monarchy
Limited male suffrage
Separation of powers
Legislative Assembly
Two political groups
Girondins (wealthy bourgeoisie)
Jacobins (petite bourgeoisie)
After defeats with Austria and Prussia
And the attack to the Tuileries Palace
A republic was established
Convention and Directory and Consulate
Convention
Execution of Louis XVI (guillotine)
Robespierre became a dictatorship (The terror, form Jacobins)
Constitution
Law of Maximum
Repression of counterrevolutionaries
Directory and Consulate
Directory
A new constitution
5 directors
Napoleon
Established a consulate
Three consuls
He was named first Consul
Had absloute power by 1804
French Revolutionary Wars
CAUSES
Main factors
Influence of the Enlightenment
wanted to put Enlightenemnt ideas in practice
equality and liberty
Economic crisis
court's excessive spending on luxury items
Military conflicts
French moanrchy was in debt
Poor harvests
Social crisis
The third estate
suffered from rising taxes
they demanded equality
The privileged states
they remained as always
didn't want to lose privilige
Political crisis
suggestion of privileged people paying taxes
was denied
Louis XVI opposed meeting of the Estates general
Unequal representation of Estate General
Each state had a vote
The third state had double representatives
