FRENCH REVOLUTION

EVENTS

• The National Assembly (June-July 1789)
• The Constituent Assembly (August 1789-September 1791)
• The Legislative Assembly (1791-1792)
• The Convention (1792-1794)
• The Directory (1795-1799)
• The Consulate (1799-1804)

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

• The Third Estate asked for a new individual voting system. When the King refused, they declared the National Assembly as the true representative of the nation.

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• The King blocked the National Assembly out of the States General,so they declared that they would not leave the court until France had a Constitution.

Tennis Court

THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

• Finally, the King agreed to the Third Estate´s demands. A new Constituent Assembly was formed to write a constitution.
• A riot in Paris on 14 July 1789 in which people attack the Bastille.

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• The Constituent Assembly passed a range of legal reforms to satisfy the demands of the peasantry and urban masses.
• They abolished feudal privileges and the tithes paid by the peasantry to the clergy and also established equality in the payment of taxes.

The Bastille

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• In 1790, the assembly passed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, so they would now be paid by the state.
• This led to discontent among part of the clergy and to the emigration of many nobles to other European countries, so they began a revolution.

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• Louis XVI asked Austria for support against the revolution, and he tried to escape from France (Varennes´s Escape).
• In 1791 the assembly approved the constitution, which established:
• -A constitutional monarchy
• -Limited male suffrage
• -The separation of powers

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

• After the Constitution of 1791, there were elections for the new legislative assembly.
• Two main political groups emerged:

Girondins

GIRONDINS

• Represent the wealthy bourgeoisie and had moderate views and supported the constitutional monarchy and limited suffrage.

Jacobins

JACOBINS

• Represent the petite bourgeoisie and had more radical views so they want to abolish the monarchy, establish a republic and introduce universal manhood suffrage.

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• France declared war with Austria and Prussia in 1792, in August, people of Paris revolted and attacked the Tuileries Palace and Louis XVI was imprisoned and France became a republic.

THE CONVENTION

• The most radical face in which the convention was elect with universal manhood suffrage.
• In 1793, Louis XVI was executed for treason by guillotine. The Jacobins took control of the government and imposed a dictatorship known as The Terror, they were led by Robespierre.

Execution of Louis XVI

THE DIRECTORY

• The moderate deputies overthrew the Jacobins in 1794 and in 1795 they adopt a new constitution which re-established limited suffrage and introduce a new form of government called The Directory, it was made up of five directors.
• The power and influence of the army increased.

Constitution of 1795

THE CONSULATE

• In 1799, General Napoleon Bonaparte organised a military coup. He established a new form of government called The Consulate, made up of three consuls, including himself as First Consul.
• By 1804, Napoleon had absolute power and the French Revolution had ended.

Napoleon Bonaparte