1789 ONWARDS Flashcards
ACCESSION OF LOUIS XVI
1774
TURGOT APPOINTED FINANCE MINISTER
1776
NECKER APPOINTED FINANCE MINISTER
1778
NECKER RESIGNED
1781
FRANCE ENTERED AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
1778 - short term cause of revolution
- highlighted revolutionary ideas to french men
- enlightenment highlighted
- massive amounts of finance strain (continuation from seven years war)
PEACE OF PARIS ENDED AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
1783
CALONNE FINANCE MINISTER
1783
MEETING OF ASSEMBLY OF NOTABLES
1787
ESTATES GENERAL CALLED FOR 1789
1788
PAYMENTS FROM THE TREASURY SUSPENDED
1788
2ND ASSEMBLY OF NOTABLES
1788
ROYAL DECREE TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF THIRD ESTATE DEPUTIES
1788
OPENING OF THE ESTATES GENERAL AT VERSAILLES
5TH MAY 1789 - ALL ESTATES TO PRESENT CAHIERS (LIST OF GRIEVANCES)
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CLAIMED NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
10TH JUNE 1789
17TH JUNE ELECTION OF 490 TO 90DECLARED THAT THEY THE THIRD ESTATE REPRESENTED THE NATION
TENNIS COURT OATH
20TH JUNE 1789
STORMING OF THE BASTILLE
14TH JULY 1789 - LOWKEY RESPONSE TO DISMISSAL OF NECKER
THE GREAT FEAR OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
STARTED 20TH JULY 1789 - ATTAX ON CHATEAUX AND STUFF
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND THE CITIZEN
26TH AUGUST
- ALL MEN EQUAL IN THEIR RIGHTS
- LIBERTY, PROPERTY, SECURITY AND RESISTANCE TO OPPRESSION
- POWER (SOVEREIGNTY) RESTS WITH THE PEOPLE
- FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, SPEECH & PUBLICATION
- FREEDOM OF WORSHIP
- TAXATION TO BE BORNE BY ALL IN PROPORTION TO THEIR MEANS
- FREEDOM TO OWN PROPERTY
OCTOBER DAYS
WOMENS MARCH DEMANDING BREAD, SEVERAL THOUSAND PARISIANS TO PRESSURE ROYAL GOV. FORCED KING TO RETURN TO PARIS WHERE HE COULDN’T HIDE FROM REVOLUTION
FUEDALISM ABOLISHED
1790
CIVIL CONSTITUTION OF THE CLERGY
12 July 1790 - Caused the immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French government.
FLIGHT TO VARENNES
21ST JUNE 1791 - KING ATTEMPTED TO FLEE THE PRISON OF HOUSE ARREST (WASN’T EVEN ALLOWED TO GO ANYWHERE FOR EASTER!) LEFT A LOAD OF REVOLUTION CONDEMNING LETTERS BEHIND TOO THOUGH.
