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The French Revolution, 1789 - 1814: Moderate Stage

The French Revolution, 1789 - 1814: Moderate Stage. AP European History Androstic 2013-2013. Overview. The French Revolution is one of the transformational events in European history

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The French Revolution, 1789 - 1814: Moderate Stage

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  1. The French Revolution, 1789 - 1814:Moderate Stage AP European History Androstic 2013-2013

  2. Overview The French Revolution is one of the transformational events in European history It signals the end of the Ancien Regime and the arrival of the issues that are going to dominate Europe for the two centuries Topics Background to the Revolution Revolution

  3. Background to the Revolution

  4. The Three Estates 1% Clergy 5% Nobility Bourgeoisie, Artisans, Peasantry 94% Palmer, Section 41, S.G. #2

  5. Agrarian System Peasantry Rights of the lord Hunting rights Banalities Police Property fees 40% of land owned by peasants Palmer, Section 41, S.G. #1

  6. Revolution

  7. Financial Crisis Debt Revenue shortfalls Failure of the Maupeou parlements Calonne plan Charles Alexandre de Calonne Palmer, Section 42, S.G. #1

  8. Estates General Structure Cahiers de Doleances Meeting

  9. National Assembly Tennis Court Oath Palmer, Section 42, S.G. #2

  10. Problems of the Peasantry Poor Harvest in 1788 caused a rise in bread prices Effect of the National Assembly Palmer, Section 41, S.G. #3

  11. Storming of the Bastille July 14, 1789

  12. Great Fear of 1789

  13. Reforms of the National Assembly Jacobins Abolished the guilds Declaration of the Rights of Man Palmer, Section 42, S.G. #3

  14. March on Versailles

  15. Civil Constitution of 1790 Bishops elected Toleration of all faiths No papal authority Salaried from the state The pope repudiated all of this! Palmer, Section 42, S.G. #6b

  16. Constitution of 1791 Unicameral legislature Weak king Abolished provinces & established departments Constituent Assembly disbands Palmer, Section 42, S.G. #5

  17. Flight to Varennes

  18. International Impact of the Revolution Other states slow to respond Conservative reaction Edmund Burke, 1729 - 1797 Palmer, Section 43, S.G. #1

  19. The Coming of War Arrest of the King! Declaration of Pillnitz Enraged the French & they declared war on Austria Emperor Leopold II King Frederick William II of Prussia Palmer, Section 43, S.G. #2

  20. Summary The first phase of the revolution began over debt problems of the government, but as the French government tried to fix that problem, resentments of the old regime exploded The revolutionaries in this phase were filled with Enlightenment ideas and tried to create a constitutional monarchy based on those ideas

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