FRENCH REVOLUTION

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FRENCH REVOLUTION
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INTRODUCTION TO...
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
DURING THE LATE 1780s
Welcome to the French Revolution. France during
the late 1780s was going through many important
events. To mention a few, the third estate was
determined for power, women were fighting for
bread, and, well people were literally losing
their heads left and right. So, enjoy as you are
presented with many fascinating events from the
French Revolution in detail with entertaining
photos.
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THE MEETING OF THE ESTATES GENERAL

• The third Estate wanted to meet together with
  other two estates (First and Second Estates). All
  three Estates meet and they conversation to raise
  taxes, but they want to vote by order.
• The meeting of the Estates General is an assembly
  of representatives from all three estates it is
  to get approval for the tax reform. And the
  delegates of the Third Estates, however, became
  more and more determined to wield power.

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THE TENNIS COURT OATH
In 1787, there were three estates. There was the
first estate, made up of the clergy of the Roman
Catholic Church, the second estate, made up of
rich nobles, and the third estate, made up of
three groups. The first group of the third
estate was made up of the bourgeoisie, which were
merchants and artisans. The second group was
made up of workers such as cooks and servants,
and the third group, the largest group, as made
up of peasants.
The third estate was very determined to receive
power, and a man named Abbe Sieyes gave them the
idea to name themselves the National Assembly.
The third estate voted yes to his idea on June
17, 1789. As the National Assembly, they would
pass laws and reforms in the name of the French
people.

On June 20, 1789, the third estate delegates were
locked out of their meeting room. They broke
down the door to an indoor tennis court and
pledged to stay there until a new constitution
was drawn up. This pledge was called the Tennis
Court Oath, which eventually led to the
constitution of 1791. The Tennis Court Oath did
contribute to the rise in democracy because the
third estate agreed with the enlightenment ideas
of equality, liberty, and democracy. Also
because in June 1789, when the the National
Assembly was voted in favor of, it resulted in
the end of an absolute monarchy, and the
beginning of representative government.
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The Storming of the Bastille

• In July 14,1789, peasants took over the prison
  looking for the weapons, such as gun power. They
  left without food by the high prices. And this
  was the beginning of the revolution.
• The people of Paris worked together in this event
  so the power became unbalanced because the
  citizens were in charge now.

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THE MARCH ON VERSAILLES
When Louis XVI became king in 1765, France was in
debt. In August of 1789, he rose the price of
bread very much, and bread was a huge part of the
French diet. Many could not afford bread
anymore, causing people to starve to death.
On October 5, about 6,000 armed women came
together to march to Versailles hoping to get the
prices lowered. When they got there, they broke
through the gates and into the palace where the
king was so frightened that he gave them what
they wanted, promising to lower the prices. This
event did contribute to the rise of democracy in
the way that it showed that the people can be
more powerful than the one thought to be better
and greater than everyone else
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THE REIGN OF TERROR

• Robespierre found a letter written by the king
  that proved that Louis XVI was trying to restore
  his outbority and get rid of the constitution so
  the king went to the guillotine. Robespierre
  wanted to teach the fellow French citizens
  virtues of the new republic. And who was accused
  of treason, would go to the guillotine.
• The reign of the terror is the radical phase of
  the French Revolution. During the Terror,
  approximately 3,000 people were executed in
  Paris, and about 85 were peasants or member of
  the urban poor or middle class - common people
  for whose benefit the Revolution had supposedly
  been carried out.

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THE RISE OF NAPOLEAN
Napolean later signed a concordat with Pope Pius
VIII which built a new relationship between
church and state. Napoleans system of laws (the
Napoleonic Code) limited liberty, put order and
authority over individual rights, and took away
some rights that women had won. In 1804, French
voters supported Napolean in making himself
emperor. On December 2, in the Notre Dame
Cathedral in Paris, Napolean took the crown from
the pope and placed it on his own head, showing
that he was more powerful than the church. His
reign contributed to the rise of democracy by
teaching the people that by having one ruler, all
the good can turn to bad by that rulers one bad
decision, which is exactly what happended with
Napolean.
In 1799, the Directory lost control of the trust
and political issues of the French people.
During this time Abbe Sieyes strongly advised
Napolean to conquer political power. On November
9, 1799, Napoleans plan to do so was put in
action when he was put in charge of the military,
but it ended very quickly. The legislature then
established a group of three councils, which
Napolean was one of. In 1800, the people were
desperate for strong leadership, and voted in
favor of a constitution which gave all real power
to Napolean as first council. Now with Napolean
ruling them, France had order and stability.
Napolean was in favor of a stable economy and
equality in taxation. He set up an efficient
tax-collection system and established a national
bank.
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conclusion...

• The result of the French Revolution was
  conservative reaction, decline of French power,
  spread of enlightenment ideas, changed ensure the
  power of the peopleand so on. It also helped to
  strengthen the democracy. we could tell from this
  French Revolution that Napoleon loves power so he
  never satisfied on what he had and it is the
  reason that he is always trying to get more lands
  and controlled more people for increase his power.

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