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The French Revolution

The French Revolution. The Crisis. Seven Years’ War 1756-1763 French defeat Debt taxation American War of Independence (1775-1783) No taxation without representation. The Seven Years’ War. Blue: Britain, Prussia, Portugal Green: France, Spain, Austria, Russia and Sweden.

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The French Revolution

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  1. The French Revolution

  2. The Crisis • Seven Years’ War 1756-1763 • French defeat • Debt • taxation • American War of Independence (1775-1783) • No taxation without representation

  3. The Seven Years’ War Blue: Britain, Prussia, Portugal Green: France, Spain, Austria, Russia and Sweden

  4. The Three Estates Cahiers de doléances

  5. Storming the Bastille (14th July 1789)

  6. Women’s March on Versailles October 5, 1789

  7. The Great Fear

  8. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen,August 26, 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

  9. Constitution of 1791 • Creation of Constitutional Monarchy • King was answerable to assembly • Sovereignty of the people considered the source of the monarch and the assembly’s power • Voting tied to property

  10. The Church in the Revolution • 1790: many monasteries and convents dissolved • 1791: Civil Constitution of the Clergy • Oath of loyalty to state required of all clerics • Created support for counter-revolution

  11. The Second Revolution (1792-1795)

  12. Radicalization • Foreign Wars • Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Italy • Monarchy abolished 1792 • First Republic September 22, 1792 • Growing association and power of radical elements of Revolution • Sans-culottes and Jacobins • Jacobin ascendency over moderate Girondins • MaxmilianRobbespierre (1758-1794)

  13. The Reign of Terror and Its Aftermath • 1793: Committee on Public Safety • Further radicalization • Reign of Terror (1793-1794) • Law of Suspects • The Directory (1794-1798)

  14. Republican Calendar

  15. What factors led to the French Revolution? Why did the revolutionary impulse succeed in France?

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