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04 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY
DIFFICULT TIMES FOR THE MONARCHY
the combination
on various factors
triggered the revolution
factors
Inequality before the law.
Economic crisis.
The example of the United States
Political unrest
The liberal ideas of the Enlightenment
Social inequalities.
THE BOURGEOISIE, A REVOLUTIONARY AGENT OF LIBERALISM
grew during the Modern Age
PHASES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
THE ESTATES-GENERAL (1789)
a long revolutionary process
1789-1804
when the Napoleonic Empire
was founded
Estates-General
was assembled
It proposed
that the rich pay taxes
NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY (1789–1791)
National Assembly
was doing its work
the social situation got worse
Parisians rose up
attacked the Bastille prison
held political prisoners
of the absolute monarchy
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND OF THE CITIZEN
some of the most notable articles
article 1
Men are born and remain
free and equal in rights
article 11
The free communication
of thoughts and opinions
is one of the most
precious rights of man.
article 3
The principle of all sovereignty
resides essentially in the nation.
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1791–1792)
three new political tendencies appeared
The Girondins.
The Jacobins.
The Plain
NATIONAL CONVENTION (1792–1795)
Assembly assumed legislative
and executive powers
After the elections
Republic was proclaimed
in September 1792.
the period known
as the Terror
started at the same time
LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY
This motto eventually
represented the French Revolution
and later the French Republic
one of many slogans
created
during the revolutionary period
THE DIRECTORY (1795–1799)
The new Constitution
was approved in 1795
less open in rights and freedoms
Internal instability
and the lack of a definitive victory
abroad led to a
new coup d’état.
THE CONSULATE (1799–1804)
Napoleon Bonaparte
led a coup d’état
in 1799
he seized power
drew up another constitution
he seixed power
