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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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    1. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION HOPE FEAR TERROR RECOVERY

    3. HOPE 1788-1789

    4. Liberty Equality Fraternity

    5. The Age of Enlightenment refers to the 18th century in European philosophy, and is often thought of as part of a larger period which includes the Age of Reason. The term also more specifically refers to a historical intellectual movement, "The Enlightenment." This movement advocated rationality as a means to establish an authoritative system of ethics, aesthetics, and knowledge

    7. Historians View “18th century philosophy taught the Frenchman to find his condition wretched, unjust and illogical and made him disinclined to the patient resignation to his troubles that had long characterized his ancestors . . . . The propaganda of the philosophes perhaps more than any other factor accounted for the fulfillment of the preliminary condition of the French Revolution, namely discontent with the existing state of things. “

    8. PROBLEMS- Fiscal and female France Considered to be the most advanced country in Europe at the time (early 1700’s) Problems emerging… High taxes, high inflation, low interest shown by king... Aided by the legacy of Louis X1V & Louis xv the french monarchy had been successful in running deficit budgets constantly. Louis XV1 did not want to ruffles the frills of the nobility. He therefore borrowed the difference in expenditure. These saw the cycle of loans develop.When Turgot tried to stop this he was overthrown by Marie Antoinette’s hatred of him. The more complacent Necker was appointed as Minister of Finances.

    10. AN UNPOPULAR MONARCHY- LOUIS XVI AND MARIE ANTOINETTE

    13. THE THREE ESTATES

    15. FEAR 1789-1791

    16. What is the Third Estate? “The Third Estate is everything”- Abby Sieyes

    18. THE TENNIS COURT OATH

    19. STORMING OF THE BASTILLE

    21. THE RIGHTS OF MAN

    22. Declaration of the Rights of Man Men are born and remain free and Equal in Rights These rights are liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression. Law is the expression of the general will The free communication of ideas and opinions is a basic right

    23. TERROR 1791-1794

    24. A PERSPECTIVE ON TERROR

    26. LOSING HEADS

    28. TRIAL/ DEATH OF LOUIS XVI

    29. EXECUTION OF MARIE ANTOINETTE

    34. The National Convention The National Convention superseded the Legislative Assembly as France's primary constitutional and legislative body, and was also the first assembly to elect its members using universal suffrage (votes for all men without distinctions of income or class ... though not for all women). Best known as the body which through its powerful sub-committees (the Committee for Public Safety and the Committee for General Security) implemented the arbitrary violence of the Terror, it should also be remembered that the Convention also protected France against invasion, civil war, economic collapse and anarchy. Some of its more notable achievements included the abolition of monarchy and the establishment of a republic (on its second day of sitting) and the creation of a system of public education. . For most historians,, the Terror began with the centralization of power in the Committee of Public Safety (CPS), a body initially started in April 1793 as an oversight committee for keeping an eye on the revolution's enemies ... however its influence quickly grew, mainly because of who came to be in the CPS, rather than the committee itself. The members of the CPS were initially moderates, members of the Plain, but by July the members included Robespierre and the radical Saint-Just. Robespierre, never that popular in the Convention itself, found the CPS an ideal way to shape the revolution according to his own "incorruptible" virtues. Of all the legislation activated by the Convention ,the Levee en Masse, proved the most damaging for the survival and stability of the government

    36. Analyses of counter revolution: war radicalizes revolution and creates self-sustaining pressures

    40. DANTON VS ROBESPIERRE

    42. EXECUTION OF ROBESPIERRE

    43. NAPOLEON- SAVIOUR OF FRANCE ?

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