FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRENCH REVOLUTION

1. Beginning of modern age. 1789.

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     • -A political revolution ended the Ancien Regime in France. Revolutionaries implemented a number of reforms influences by Enlightnment. 
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     • In Spain, the events of the French Revolution inspired the firts  steps towards a new political, economic and social order.
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     • The revolutionaries transformed the everyday life with new habits and customs.
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     • Art reflected the political, economic and social changes.
   • LIBERTY, EQUALITY AND FRATERNITY.

2. CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

   • The influence of enlightenment.
     • French intellecntuals and the burgeoisie supported Enlightnment ideas and tried to put them into practice.
   • The political crisis.
     • In France, the estad¡tes general brought together representatives of the trhee estates of the realm to advise the king on important issues, such as tax increases.
   • The ecnomic crisis.
     • -American War of indepemdence. - Royal families spent large amounts of money on luxury things. - Increase taxes.
   • The social crisis.
     • All trhee estates of the realm were discontent with the crown, but for different reasons

3. MAYOR EVENTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

   • The national assembly.
     • A new voting system in which each representative would have an individual vote.. The members of the third estate declared themselves the true representatives of the nation. Then they formed a National Assembly and demanded a constitution.
   • The Constituent Assembly.
     • A Constituent Assembly was elected ti write a constitution.  iN 1791 the constituents Assembly adopted constitution wich established a contitutional moarchy, popular sovereignity, the separation of powers and limited male suffrage.
   • The Legislative Assembly.
     • Legislative Assembly was elected to implement the necessary legal changes. Two groups dominated this assembly. Girondins and Jacobins.
   • The Convention.
     • After the Convention, Louis CVI was accused of treason and then executed. The jacobins took control of government and imposed a DICTATORSHIP.
   • The directory and the Consulate.
     • In 1795 Frances moderate middle class had gained control of the country. In order to stop violence they established the Directory that was a conservative government, In 1799 France was still in a war. General Napoleon Bonaparte organices military coup and established a new form of government called the Consulate.