THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 17891799

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789-1799)

• NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (1789-1791)
• LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1791-1792)
• NATIONAL CONVENTION (1792-1795)
• DIRECTORY (1795-1799)

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THE FRENCH REVLUTION INDIRECT REASONS

• THREE ESTATES (CLERGY, NOBLES COMMONERS)
• TAILLE
• CLERGY (0.5) LAND (10)
• NOBLES (1.5) LAND (30)
• PEASANTS (80) LAND (40)
• BOURGEOISIE (8) LAND (20)
• WORKERS PAUPERS (10) NO LAND
• FEUDAL EXPLOITATION
• ABSOLUTISM (GROWTH OF THE BOURGEOISIE
• GROWTH OF THE WORKING CLASS)
• ENLIGHTENMENT

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THE FRENCH REVLUTION DIRECT REASONS

• SEVEN YEARS WAR (1756-1763)
• ECONOMIC CRISIS
• FINANCIAL CRISIS
• DEPRESSION
• RECESSION
• UNEMLOYMENT
• RAISE IN TAXES
• BAD HARVERSTS (1787 1788)
• FOOD SHORTAGES
• RISE IN PRICES
• IMPOVERISHMENT (NINE MILLION PEOPLE)

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY(1789-1791)

• LOUIS XVI (reigned 1774-1792)
• MAY 5, 1789 (THE ESTATES-GENERAL)
• VOTING (300 300 600)
• JUNE 17, 1789
• SANS-CULOTTES
• BASTILLE (JULY 14, 1789)
• VERSAILLES
• ABOLITION OF FEUDAL RIGHTS (AUGUST 4, 1789)
• DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF MAN AND THE CITIZEN
  (AUGUST 26, 1789)
• CIVIL CONSTITUTION OF THE CLERGY (JULY 12, 1790)
• MARIE ANTOINETTE (1755-1793)
• FLIGHT OF THE KING (JUNE 20-25, 1791)
• THE CONSTITUTION (SEPTEMBER 14, 1791)
• CONSITUTIONAL MONARCHY
• FRANCHISE (25 YEARS OLD, PAYING IN TAXES AN
  EQUIVALENT OF THREE DAYS LABOR)

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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1791-1792)

• 745 DELEGATES
• THE RIGHT
• THE LEFT (MOUNTAIN PLAIN)
• DECLARATION OF WAR ON AUSTRIA (APRIL 20, 1792)
• MAXIMILIAN ROBESPIERRE (1758-1794)
• GEORGES DANTON (1759-1794)
• POLITICAL CLUBS (POPULAR SOCIETIES)
• JACOBINS (ROBESPIERRISTS, DANTONISTS, GIRONDINS)
• CORDELIERS (HÉBERTISTES)
• PARIS COMMUNE
• 44,000 COMMUNES
• DEPARTMENTS
• POPULAR REVOLT (AUGUST 10, 1792)
• UNIVERSAL MALE SUFFRAGE

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REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE
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NATIONAL CONVENTION (1792-1795)

• SEPTEMBER 21, 1792 (ABOLITION OF THE MONARCHY)
• SEPTEMBER 22, 1792 (REPUBLIC)
• EXECUTION OF THE KING (JANUARY 21, 1793)
• COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY (APRIL 6, 1793)
• JACONBINS COUP DETAT (MAY 31JUNE 2, 1793)
• LEVY IN MASS (AUGUST 23, 1793)
• COMMITTEE OF GENERAL SECURITY
• REIGN OF TERROR
• GUILLOTINE
• EXECUTUON OF MARIE ANTOINETTE (OCTOBER 16, 1793)
• CULT OF REASON (NOVEMBER 20, 1793)
• REVOLUTIONARY CALENDAR (12 MONTHS AND FIVE DAYS)
• EXECUTION OF HÉBER (MARCH 24, 1794)
• EXECUTION OF DANTON (APRIL 5, 1794)
• A NEW COUP DETAT (JULY 27, 1794)
• EXECUTION OF ROBESPIERRE

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DIRECTORY (1795-1799)

• JULY 27 (THERMIDOR 9), 1794
• NEW CONSTITUTION (AUGUST 22, 1795)
• THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS (250 MEMBERS)
• THE COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED
• LUCIEN BONAPARTE (1775-1840)
• GRACCHUS BABEUF (1760-1797)
• NAPOLEONS COUP DETAT (NOVEMBER 9, 1799)