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Events And Important Events Of The French Revolution

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The French Revolution
By: Daijon Weaver

About the French Revolution
The French Revolution started in 1787 and ended in 1799. France was governed by privileged groups and peasants were the small landholders who paid the taxes. The French Revolution started because the feudal regime was getting pretty bad, the peasants was getting better education and wanted to destroy the feudal system. The country’s economic and intellectual development was not in line with the social and political change. The higher the population got, the more demands for food and goods. The direct cause of the French Revolution was the chaos of the government finance. The French Revolution was influenced by Enlightment ideals. It ended when Napoleon Bonaparte became …show more content…

Bastille- a crowd of sansculottes rushed the center of Paris on July 14, 1789. The storming of the Bastille is now a holiday.
Civil Constitution of the Clergy- a document given by the National Assembly in July 1790 that broke the alliance with the Catholic Chruch and developed a church system.
Committee of Public Safety- the National Convention gave dictatorial powers in April 1793 to deal with the wars between France and Austria.
Constitution of 1791- established a constitutional monarchy, gave all the power to the legislative assembly.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen- the National Assembly published the document on August 26, 1789 gave all sovereignty to French people
Great Fear- between July and August 1789 where peasants revolted against feudal landlords and wreaked havoc in the French countryside
Reign of Terror- ten month period when the oppression and execution was occurring. Created by Maximilien Robespierre

The Storyline of the French Revolution
By Daijon Weaver

The Start of The French …show more content…

The massacre of hundreds of counterrevolutionaries had the Legislative Assembly replaced by the National Convention
King Louis XVI was sentenced to death for high treason and January 21, 1793, he was killed. His wife, Marie Antoinette was killed 9 months later
On September 5, 1973, the Reign of Terror started where a few men govern the country and wage war in crisis
It was started by Maximilien Robespierre, and during its 10 month period, 300,000 suspects were arrested, 17,000 sentenced to death and more died in prison.
The war entered its 4th phase of war in the spring of 1794.
Robespierre was executed on July, 27, 1794 and the Reign of Terror ended

The End of the French

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