French Revolution. Causes of the French Revolution Bad Harvests High Prices (Inflation) High Taxes Enlightenment Ideas Debt Ineffective leadership of.
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French Revolution
Causes of the French Revolution
Bad Harvests High Prices (Inflation) High Taxes Enlightenment Ideas Debt Ineffective leadership of Louis XVI
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Prrecentage of Frenchpopulation
1st Estate
2nd Estate
3rd Estate
Events after the Fall of the Bastille
Great Fear
Rebellion spreads to countryside Peasants attack
nobles’ homes Bread Riot
March to Versailles “Let them eat cake”
Royal Family imprisoned
Beginning of Radical Changes
End of feudal privileges
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
State-controlled church
Divisions Develop
2 years of arguing over constitution
Limited constitutional monarchy King stripped of many powers
Legislative Assembly Created laws and approved
declarations of war King still enforced the laws
Louis attempted escape
Factions Split France
Radicals, Moderates Conservatives
Emigres Nobles who fled
France and wanted the Old Regime back
Sans-culottes “those without knee
breeches”
War
Austria and Prussia pushed for restoration of the king. Why?????
Royal family imprisoned
Fear causes massacres
Changes in government (again?) yes again
Constitution set aside, king deposed, dissolution of assembly and election of new legislative body National Convention
Republic is created
Jacobins
Radical political organization takes control
Jean-Paul Marat Writer of L’Ami du
Peuple (friend of the people)
Georges Danton Lawyer, speaker
Trial of Louis XVI
Treason Close vote GUILLOTINE
Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre Get rid of past Get rid of religion Get rid of opponents of
revolution Committee of Public
Safety 40,000 dead
End of Terror
Robespierre executed Another new government
Power in Upper Middle class 2 house legislature Executive body of five moderate men-
DIRECTORY
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