The French Revolution Unfolds • Essential Question: What political and social reforms did the National Assembly institute in the first stage of the French Revolution?
The French Revolution Unfolds Essential Question: What political and social reforms did the National Assembly institute in the first stage of the French.
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The French Revolution Unfolds
• Essential Question: What political and social reforms did the National Assembly institute in the first stage of the French Revolution?
Political Crisis Leads to Revolt
Famine and rumors fueled peasant revolts in the countryside. Parisians were splintered into
various factions who fought for power.
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The National Assembly Acts
The National Assembly finally voted to give up many of their exclusive privileges and declared
“Feudalism is abolished.” In the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, all male citizens
were proclaimed equal before the law, which disappointed many women.
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The National Assembly Presses Onward
The National Assembly voted to take over and sell Church lands and to place the Catholic Church
under state control. The Assembly also produced the Constitution of 1791, which set up a limited
monarchy. Louis XVI and his family attempted an escape from France, but were discovered and
sent back to Paris.
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Radicals Take Over
Soon, radicals held power in the Legislative Assembly. They wanted a republic, not a monarchy.
The radicals also declared war on the tyrannical rulers in Austria, Prussia, Britain, and other states.
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