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Years of Reform 1790-91. Church reform Reduces the power and wealth of the Church Constitution of 1791 Creates a limited monarchy A Legislative Assembly makes the laws. How does the king react to these changes?. RUNAWAY!!. But he gets caught…the people are not happy.
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Years of Reform 1790-91 • Church reform • Reduces the power and wealth of the Church • Constitution of 1791 • Creates a limited monarchy • A Legislative Assembly makes the laws
Growing problems in France • Many dislike the reforms • Austria and Prussia feared the revolution would spread • Wanted to return Louis XVI to power • War breaks out in 1792 http://astro.temple.edu/
The Revolution becomes Radical • A Radical (extreme) group (the Jacobins) begins to grow popular • August 10, 1792 • They storm the Paris palace and arrest the king
The Revolution becomes Radical • Many Jacobins called themselves sans-culottes • Ordinary patriots • They want France to become a republic • Based on voting by all adult males http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/la/sans-culottes.html
The Revolution becomes Radical • The king gets tried for treason • The verdict? GUILTY!!!!! • January 1793, the king is executed • Marie Antoinette will follow later • Europe is outraged!!!
The Reign of Terror (1793-1794) • Courts set up to prosecute “enemies of the revolution” • Over 40,000 people will die, most at the guillotine • Almost everyone is a suspect
The Reign of Terror • The Committee of Public Safety is created in 1793 to run the country • Leaders include Maximilien Robespierre • But in reality, the people of France were not safe at all…. • New motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood)
The Republic of Virtue • At the same time, Robespierre says the violence is only temporary • He wants to create an ideal “Republic of Virtue” • Schools, anti-slavery, good citizens • Robespierre leads a de-Christianization movement • Churches turned into “Temples of Reason” • New calendar, new names • The Republic army FINALLY starts winning • Step towards nationalism
The Fall of Robespierre… • By July 1794 people have had enough • He is arrested and executed • The Reign of Terror ends • Moderates will take control of the government
The Directory 1795-1799 • Constitution of 1795 creates a new legislative assembly • Five men are chosen from that group to rule France as the Directory • But despite this problems continue • corruption and economic woes • France is still at war with other countries • The fall of the Directory signals the end of the Revolution
The Directory • The Directory is ultimately overthrown by a popular general…
Results of the French Revolution • The end of the Enlightenment • Destruction of the Estates system in France • Inspires revolutions around the world • Marks the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
Additional Source • http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap6b.html# • freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fergy/