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french revolution fever model- sophia yuan, national assembly, the king…
french revolution fever model- sophia yuan
symptomatic stage
estates general
The third estate from the estates general became the national assembly. King kicked them out from the meeting and they moved to a tennis court to write a constitution
protests/marches in france
assembly of notables
the opening of the estates general in Versailles marked the start of the French Revolution
The new king realized something needed to be done about the debt and called an assembly of notables to approve but they denied
incubation stage
ideas of enlightenment/revolutions that were going on caused the French to start a revolution of their own
inequality among social classes
high taxes on lower classes
aristocracy (hereditary)
economy is struggling
crop failure - increased price of food
national debt due to participation in wars prior to the French revolution
national assembly voted to end traditional obligations/privileges of the nobility and church. This calmed peasant uprisings in the country
The national assembly restructured French society, wrote a constitution , limited monarchial power, abolished the nobility as a hereditary class
Civil code of 1804 rewrote French law/ gave Napoleon the support of the peasantry/middle class as it addressed 2 principles from the revolution equality in law and protection of property
crisis stage
on july 14th 1789 a crowd attacked the Bastille in response to the king moving troops towards versaille.
this attack cost the lives of 98 people and enraged the attackers who hacked the commander to death.
peasants in the country destroyed documents that recorded their traditional labor and tax obligations, refused to pay taxes and dues to landowners
The economic situation worsened until on October 5th women march into the national assembly shouting "the point is that we want bread"
these actions lead to the formation of a new legislative/executive body (the national convention)
Prussia was against the weakening of the monarchy and threatened to intervene in support of the monarchy. The national assembly (renamed to the legislative assembly) responded by declaring war on Prussia
national assembly
the king moves troops to Versailles to confront the national assembly
convalesance