The document summarizes key events of the French Revolution including the "Great Fear" peasant uprising, the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris, nobles fleeing the country, a women's march on Versailles, government reforms establishing departments and elections, the Declaration of Rights of Man, the limited constitutional monarchy established in 1791, foreign countries calling for war with France, and the monarchy being ended.

1. French
Revolution

2. “Great Fear”
• outbreak of violence
• peasants felt landlords were starving them
• peasants attacked manor houses and monastaries
• led to the formation of the people’s army led by
General Lafayette

3. Storming the Bastille
• A Paris mob afraid
Louis XVI was
going to stop the
National Assembly
take the Bastille -
July 14 1789
• they take guns and
ammunition

4. Old Regime
• Emigres
• nobles fled to Great Britain, Switzerland, and
Germany
• plotted to overthrow the revolution
• asked assistance from other countries

5. Old Regime
• Women’s march
• frustrated by the banquet of Louis XVI and
Marie Antoinette - peasant women marched on
Versailles
• they forced Louis and Marie back to Paris

6. Reforms in
Government
• administration - divided into 83 districts
(departments)
• election of local officials
• seized land from Catholic Church and sold to
public to pay off debt
• reduced the influence of the Catholic Church

7. Declaration of the
Rights of Man
• equality under the law
• freedom of speech, press, and religion
• equal right to hold office
• right to fair trial
• “liberty, equality, fraternity”
• did not include women - Olympe de Gouges

8. Constitution of 1791
Type of Government limited monarchy
three branches - legislative,
Division of Powers
judicial, executive
Legislature consisted of one house
only taxpaying males may
Voters
vote

9. Legislative Assembly
left Center Right
Radicals Moderates Conservatives
- drastic changes - no extreme views - believed
such as end of sided with both revolution had
monarchy, depending on issue gone far enough
establish a with a limited
republic, introduce power of king
more reforms
on domestic policy the Assembly often was deadlocked

10. Foreign Invasion
• Emperor Leopold II of Austria and King Frederick
William II of Prussia issued the Declaration of
Pillnitz - invitation to war with France
• each group of assembly hoped the war would
improve their position and votes for war against
Austria

11. End of the Monarchy
• France declares war on Austria
• Commune seized control of Paris Government
• Revolutionary troops arrived to defend Paris
against invasion
• Legislative Assembly voted itself out of existence
an suspended the monarchy (National Convention)
• Louis XVI seized and placed in prision