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FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789-1799) - Coggle Diagram
FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789-1799)
ORIGINS
loss of peasant support
acceptance reformist writings (philosophers)
expanding middle class
no political power
partecipation American Revolution
tax crisis
crop failures
STORMING OF BASTILLE
to get ammunition and arms
symbol of monarchy's tyranny
represent oppression (monarchy)
start French Revolution
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MEN
liberty
equality
fraternity
REVOLUTONARY WARS AND THE FIRST REPUBLIC
war Austria and Prussia 1792
revolutionary wars
royal family imprisoned and massacred
new assembly
monarchy abolished
First Republic 1792
REIGN OF TERROR (1793-1794)
Louis XVI executed January 1793
radical economic and social policies
violent revolts
opposition broken by Reign of Terror
terror is the order of the day
laws passed defining counterrevolutionaries
counterrevolutionary insurrections
food scarcity
rising prices
surveillance
arrest 300,000 suspects
17,000 sentenced to death
prisoners died or killed with no trial
army 1 million
Roberspierre overthrown
executed
end of Reign of Terror