3. Estates - General
When the Estates General met, each estate marched into the hall at Versailles.
The third estate was all dressed all in black, The second estate the nobility
dressed in all their finery and the first estate the clergy was all dressed in full
regalia.
The delegates of the third estate
the poor or low class citizens they
insisted that the three estates meet
together and that the vote would
be taken by head, not by order. (
By vote by head this would give
them a majority vote). The King
refused to grant their request as the
third estate refused to budge on
the idea.
The Estates General on May
5, 1789
4. 20 June 1789
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a result of people leaving of the Third Estate in
France. The reforms called for a meeting for all the Estates to come together
and have a vote by head instead of by their estate. This would give the Third
Estate at least a stronger voice / Majority in the Estates General. The men of the
Third Estate were strong supporters of the reforms, and anxious to discuss these
measures they were refusing to be held down by their King any longer, so
Instead they moved their meeting to a nearby indoor tennis court.
5. Declaration of The Rights
• of Man
August 26, 1789, the "Declaration of the
Rights of Man and of the Citizen" were
passed by the National Assembly. The
Declaration became the preamble to
the Constitution of 1791. It was referred
to in almost every single revolutionary
movement since 1789, it no is translated
into nearly all major languages.
• By 1791, the Declaration had been
transformed from a legislative document
into a kind of political manifesto. Paine
reproduced the document, word for
word, it was treated as a sacred text that
ushered in a new epoch of world history.
• The King was never in favor of the
Declaration. He refused to endorse it
because he thought its clauses were too
ambiguous. He only sanctioned it under
popular pressure on October fifth and
sixth, 1791.
6. Fall of The Bastille
A medieval fortress in Paris this became
a symbol of Absolute power, The
Bastille was used for a French state
prison and a place of detention for
important persons In the 17th and 18th
centuries. On July 14, 1789, at the
beginning of the French Revolution, an
armed mob of Parisians captured the
fortress and released all prisoners, this
was a dramatic action that came to
symbolize the end of the ancien rgime.
Bastille Day (July 14) has been a The Bastille was demolished by the
French national holiday since Revolutionary government.
1880.
7. National Assembly
1789–1791
The delegates from the Third Estates found them selves kicked out
of the usual meeting in city hall and they converged on a nearby
tennis court. After hearing of the National Assembly’s formation by
the Third Estate, King Louis XVI held a gathering in which the
government was trying to intimidate the Third Estate into submission.
The assembly was now too strong, and now the king was forced to
recognize the group. Inspired by the National
Assembly, commoners had started to rioted and protest of the rising
prices. The king now had troops surround his palace at Versailles
Fearing the violence that might be brought upon him.
8. Constitution of 1791
The day of the Tennis Court Oath, also known as the
National Assembly they had declared that they would not
disband until a new constitution had been written for
France. This task was completed in 1791. This new
constitution was created by these moderate revolutionaries
who declared France to be a constitutional monarchy. With
this new government, all the legislative powers went to a
single Legislative Assembly, which alone now they had the
power to declare war and raise taxes.
9. Committee of Public
Safety & Robespierre
The Committee of Public Safety was created by the National Convention in
1793.
It originally consisting of nine members of
the convention, As the committee tried
to meet these dangers, it had became
more powerful In July 1793. Then
following the defeat at the convention
of the moderate Republicans.
Robespierre had eliminated all of his rivals in order to establish a virtual
dictatorship, His goal was to defend France and suppress any internal uprisings.
He and the committee had raised 14 armies this was to ensure supplies, the
committee initiated a partial system for maximizing prices and fixed wages and
to have instituted the Reign of Terror.
10. The Directory
• The Executive Directory was five men
who exercised executive power
during the four year period witch was
(1795-1799) during the French
Revolution.
• The Directory had rose to power in
1795 after the National Convention
had left power.
• This helped changed France pave the
way for Napoleon to rise to power but
with
• all things considered it wasn’t very
effective.
• French parliament was consisted of a
"Council of Five Hundred" and a 250-
member "Council of Ancients" . The
Council of 500 had appointed the
Directors after input from the Council
of Ancients.
11. • Napoleon seized power
November of 1799, He was born
•
in Corsica on march 9th 1796.
1785 at the age of 16, he N
became second lieutenant in the
artillery. He gained more
attention and was promoted to
a
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Major General in 1795. November
11th 1799
• Napoleon seized control of franc
in the ‘coup detate’ following a
new constitution was introduced.
Napoleon was made first consul
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of France December 2nd 1804, in
front of the pope Napoleon l
crowned himself emperor.
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