HSTR 352 History of the French Revolution Final Review Flashcards
Aspects of the New Constitution of 1791
constitutional monarchy
firmly placed power in the hands of the wealth because of high voting qualification
king has the power of a veto
declaration of pilnitz
It was in the interest of other dynastic states of Europe to encourage the King to regain his power in France
april 20th 1792
Austria and Prussia declare war on France
why did 10s of thousands of sans culottes raid the king’s palace in 1792
inflation of the assignat
France was losing the war
King refused to recall the members of the legislative assembly he had dismissed
who how and what august 10th 1792
Paris Section used the National Guard to raid the kings palace
paris sectional declared themselves the governemnt in power
September 20 1792
first major victory of the French
turned the tide of the war
mass support for the national convention
september 22nd 1792
national assembly abolished the monarchy
and declared France a republic
law of suspects: who created it, what it was, and what was its significance
Committee of public safety
anyone perceived to be against the revolution could be arrested
beginning of the reign of terror and revolutionary paranoia
food riots of the 1st of may 1793 demanded what of the convention
price controls on grain
people were starving
july 1793
constitution of 1793 completed
very democratic
people want it
after the terror it is associated with the terror
law of the 14th of bremier
banned citizen militia
centralized power to the committee of public safety
why did the terror come to an end and what year
france was winning the war
food shortages were declining
1794
10th of thermidor
Robespierre is executed via guilittene
10th of thermidor
Robespierre is executed via guillotine
terror is over
coup of fructidor
when royalists won a majority the directory threw out the results
proved the directory was corrupt
constitution of the year 8
placed napoleon in charge of the 3 man consulte
david bell quote
free people of color sought the civil rights promised by the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen
why was the haitian revolution unthinkable
nobody believed that slaves had the ability to organize and overthrow their white masters
nobody thought slaves would be able to establish a system of government
what was the effect of the Haitian revolution on France
lost one of the largest producers of sugar in the world and almost half of its export economy
ended slavery in France
when was slavery abolished in france
1794
when did haiti become independent
1804
how did charles X cripple Haiti
threatened to use his warships to block trade out of saint Domingue unless the republic paid him 150 million francs
crippled Haitian economy for centuries through debt
