| Directory | moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
| Directory | moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
| Directory | moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
| Directory | moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
| Directory | moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
| Directory | moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
| Directory | moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
| Directory | moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
| Directory | moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
| Directory | moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
| Declaration of the right of men | the National Assembly adopted a statement of revolutionary ideals, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. the document stated that “men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” These rights included “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.”
This language emphasized the equality of all men, promoting the development of human rights. The Declaration also outlined civil rights in order to protect individuals’ freedom.
The document guaranteed citizens equal justice, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion.
In keeping with these principles, revolutionary leaders adopted the expression “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” as their slogan. |
| The assembly takes the church | The national Assembly confiscates the church to sell the land because they needed money to pay the debt but many peasents devoted to church didnt like that. They declared that Church officials and priests were to be elected and paid as state officials. |
| Louis tries to escape | As louis sees what happened with the chucrh he tries to escape but is returned to Paris under the guards |
| legislative assembly | created a constitution of limited constitutional monarchy. had the power to create laws and to approve or reject declarations of war. However, the king still held the executive power to enforce laws.
Split into 3 sections:
Radicals(left) :opposed the idea of a monarchy and wanted drastic changes in the way the government was run.
Moderates(center ): wanted some changes in government, but not as many as the radicals.
Conservatives(right): They upheld the idea of a limited monarchy and wanted few changes in government. |
| War | The other countris wanted Louis as an absolut king so Austria and Prussia, urged the French to restore Louis to his position as an absolute monarch. The Legislative Assembly responded by declaring war |
| France at war | The war began badly for the French. The Prussian commander threatened to destroy Paris if the revolutionaries harmed any member of the royal family. This enraged the Parisians. They invaded the Tuileries, the palace where the royal family was staying. The mob massacred the royal guards and imprisoned Louis, Marie Antoinette, and their children. |
| Rumors | . Rumors began to spread that supporters of the king held in Paris prisons planned to break out and seize control of the city. Angry and fearful citizens raided the prisons and murdered over 1,000 prisoners. September Massacres. |
| National Convention | radicals (Jacobins) take control and the Legislative Assembly set aside the Constitution of 1791. It declared the king deposed, dissolved the assembly, and called for the election of a new legislature. This new governing body, the National Convention, took office on September 21. It quickly abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic.
Adult male citizens were granted the right to vote and hold office. |
| Jacobins | Ultra radicals |
| Jean Paul Marat | They give the right to vote and hold the public office. A lot of the Jacobins were famous like Jean Paul Marat that was part of the ational convention. He owned a radical newspaper that was named the friend of the people. He was a promoted to eliminate the monarchy trough violence. |
| The King dies | The National Convention had reduced Louis XVI’s role from that of a king to that of a common citizen and prisoner. Now, guided by radical Jacobins, it tried Louis for treason. The Convention found him guilty, and sentenced him to death. He was beheaded by the guillotine |
| The war continues | Great Britain, Holland, and Spain joined Prussia and Austria against France. To reinforce the French army, Jacobin leaders in the Convention took an extreme step. the Convention ordered a draft of 300,000 French citizens between the ages of 18 and 40. By 1794, the army had grown to 800,000 and included women. |
| Maximilien Robespierre | Jacobin Leader of the French revolution he was a defender of the poor people and liked the elightment ideas but once he bacamoe the leader he The jacobins wanted to forget everything in the past, their costumes, traditions etc.
They started doing some changes in france (Jacobins were anti-religious) The Jacobins closed churches, prohibitted preists to give the sacraments, people could not worship. People was afraid for their lives because if he said what you were doing was antirevolutionary and got them to jail were if you were found guilty you would lose your head. The mayority were peasants ( ironic because the revolution was for them)
He was the leader of the committee of public safety and the reign of terror started were a lot of people lost their head injustice |
| End of terror | fearing some members of the National Convention turned on Robespierre. They demanded his arrest and execution. The Reign of Terror, the radical phase of the French Revolution, ended on July 28, 1794, when Robespierre went to the guillotine. |
| Directory | moderate leaders in the National Convention drafted a new plan of government, It placed power firmly in the hands of the upper middle-class and called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory.
These five were moderates, not revolutionary idealists. Some of them were corrupt and made themselves rich at the country’s expense. Even so, they gave their troubled country a period of order. |
