French+Revolution


 * FRENCH REVOLUTION **

TimeLine for French Revolution:

media type="custom" key="10869808" The event that I found most significant was when the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was decreed. this gave all men rights to liberty, property, security, and resisitance to oppression. For this was a real turning point of the French Revolution for this was what the Third Estate was fighting for, equality. And now that an official document was established, this meant that the Third Estate officially has rights. The Third Estate gained the ability to do as they please, as long as it didn't break the law. I feel like this was what the whole revolution was about, the fight for rights!

National Assembly -- June 17, 1789 - Got rid of feudalism and stripped the First Estate and Second Estate of their priviledges (such as how the clergy was above law) - Essentially the people who approved of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen, which gave what the French Revolutionaries always wanted, equality. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen stated that EVERY man is equal, and cannot be stripped of his rights (however this excludes slaves and women) these rights included property, liberty, etc. - Wrote the constitution that reduced the king’s power, which was extremely important because the king had way too much power to begin with, and he didn’t know how to handle it. So by cutting his authority down, France would be able to function more properly.
 * __GOVERNMENTS OF REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE__**

Legislative Assembly -- September 1791 - They often only supported the people that they represented, meaning they didn’t really look into the other people’s opinions and often didn’t support the other people’s voice since they didn’t represent them (not a democratic system) - In 1792 they declared war on Austria

National Convention -- September 1792 - Ended monarchy (a government system in which the supreme power is the monarch) and established France as a republic, end of the Old Order - Tried and executed Louis XVI via the guiolltin because he was accused of treason, and it was the king that had ruined and caused so much grief, so now that he was dead it was beneficial - The National Convention issued a draft to increase the size of the army which was because they feared the execution of King Louis XVI would cause large amounts of people to be angry/cause an uproar; wanted to prepare in case of foreign invasion - To avoid a counter-revolution, the National Convention had tightened control over the government. Anyone who criticized or was against the revolution was subject execution or imprisonment - Created laws that applied to everyone, free education for everyone - National Convention had abolished slavery in French Colonies, which made equality more open, considering they freed slaves - They wrote a new constitution and created the Directory

Directory -- 1795 - Ran by an executive of five directors in France that held executive power proceding the Consulate - The Directory was weak and inefficient, it didn’t last long and didn’t work all too well - When Napoleon seized power in 1799, it was terminated. It only lasted four years.