1 / 16

Years of Reform 1790-91

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.

didina
Download Presentation

Years of Reform 1790-91

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 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

  2. How does the king react to these changes? RUNAWAY!!

  3. But he gets caught…the people are not happy

  4. 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/

  5. Pick out three details from this picture:

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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!!!

  9. 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

  10. 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)

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. The Directory • The Directory is ultimately overthrown by a popular general…

  15. 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

  16. Additional Source • http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap6b.html# • freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fergy/

More Related