The French Revolution 1774-1814 Flashcards
(34 cards)
The Seven Years’ War
and American Rev
1754-1763
1776-1883
France Lost and supporting rev —> indemnity and dept of no less than 8 billion livres
- diminishes potential revenue from trade
- increased taxes and instability
The Assembly of Notables
February 22 1789
Proposed by Calonne
failure makes king look weak
aristocrats and clergy refused to pay taxes
The Cahiers de Doleances
March 1789
list of reforms (40,000)
mandates for representatives of Estates General
3rd estate able to address problems
Estates General
May 5, 1789
last met 1614
-meant to vote on taxing and managing spending to prevent bankruptcy
division between estates
National Assembly
June 17, 1789
placed the final power in this Assembly
assembly is in charge of france
Tennis Court Oath
Promise by National Constituent Assembly to continue until reforms are accomplished
Storming of the Bastille
July 14, 1789
bc of rumor king was going to coup de tat the assembly
rev turns radical
bastille is destroyed, symbolic of tyranny
The Great Fear
After the storming of bastille until late summer of 1789
people protested
August Decrees
August 4, 1789
Passed by National Constituent Assembly
decrees: abolished feudalism, high people payed taxes, and addressed cahiers de doleances
DoRoMaC
August 26, 1789
inspired by enlightenment thinkers
gave rights to all MEN, freedom of speech and religion, liberty, right to live under no oppression, due process
Women’s March at Versailles
October 5, 1789
king refused to accept August Decrees, and surrounded Versailles and transferred family to the Tuileries Palace
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
made rev RADICAL
church was state owned
angered catholic nations
abolishment of mandatory tithes
oaths of allegiance
ASSEMBLY LOSES CONFIDENCE
Assignats
endorsed by Assembly
led to high inflation with overprinting
FURTHER INSTABILITY
Flight to Varennes
June 20, 1791
king committed treason
Declaration of Pillnitz
August 27, 1791
Prussia, AUSTRIA, Britain, etc. demand safety of the king or they will harm the french who threaten the king
Brunswick Manifesto
July 1792
restore king to power, revoltionaries reacted more violently
War with Austria
France vs All GREAT POWERS (austria, prussia, britain, spain, italy
CONSTITUTION OF 1791
september 3, 1791
national assembly dissolves
constitutional monarchy
diminishes kings power
September Massacres
September 2-6 1791
jacobins kill prisoners
bc of fear of counter rev.
KILLED 1250
National Convention
September 20, 1792 - October 26, 1795
jocobins government
reign of terror
religious terror (cult of reason)
secular holidays
kill king
establish French Republic
Committee of Public Safety
1793-1794
Supervised military and legal affairs
12 individuals (inc. Robespierre and Danton)
Law of Suspects & rev tribunals
Sept 17, 1793
40,000 killed
suspected of counter rev = executed
Thermidorian Reaction
July 27, 1794
robespierre killed and abolition of CPS and jacobins
Constitution of 1795
August 1795
transition to new govt
2/3 members of national convention??
revolts over election
