Lecture 2 : The French Revolution Flashcards
Convocation of the Estates-General
August 8, 1788
Who does Louis 16th appoints as minister of finances after the Estates General?
Necker
«Jeu de Paume» Oath
June 20, 1789
Louis 16th pronounces the dissolution of the Estates-General
June 23, 1789
What does Mirabeau answers to the dissolution ?
That they won’t leave unless they use the bayonets
National Constituent Assembly
July 9, 1789
Abolition of feudalism in France
August 4, 1789
Women march to Versailles and bring back the King to Paris
October 5&6, 1789
New title for the French King
King of the French
National Properties
November 2, 1789
Abolition of religious orders
February 13, 1790
Civil Constitution of the French Clergy
July 12, 1790
What was the aim of the Civil Constitution of the French Clergy ?
To subordinate Roman Catholic Church in France to French Government
Clergy has to sign an oath of loyalty to the Republic
November 1790
King’s Executive power granted by the Constitution
- ministers
- suspending veto on laws
- foreign policy
- army
legislative power in the Constitutional Monarchy
held by the National Assembly : laws, taxes, war and peace
number of départements created
83
fondamental reforms implemented by the Revolution
- judicial
- equality before taxation
- economic liberalism
- civil marriage, divorce and inheritances
citizenship and civil rights to Protestants and Jews - abolition of slavery in France
Olympe de Gouges : The Rights of Women
1791
Louis 16 accepts the new constitution
September 14, 1791
Legislative assembly following the National Constituent Assembly
October 1, 1791
Where did opposition rise in France ?
South, Vendée and Aslsace
Declaration of Pilnitz
August 27, 1791
What was the Declaration of Pilnitz ?
A statement from Marie-Antoinette’s brother (Leopold II king of Austria) expressing concerns over Republic’s wish to expend
France declares war on Austria
April 20, 1792
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
June 20, 1792
Patrie en danger
July 1792
Brunswick manifesto
August 1792
What is the Brunswick manifesto ?
made by the commander of the allied army warning that no harm should be made to the royal family otherwise civilians would be hurt
end of monarchy
August 10, 1792
Insurrection in Vendée
August 22, 1792
slaughters in Paris prisons
2 - 5 september 1792
Why slaughters in Paris prisons ?
fear that royal and foreign armies would free the inmates that would then join them
victory at Valmy
September 20, 1792
Convention
September 21, 1792
Number of committees under the Convention and main ones
16 :
- General Security
- Public Safety
What did the republic promised to foreign countries ?
«Fraternity and assistance to all peoples who want to recover their liberty»
What did the republican army do in occupied territories ?
Abolition of all feudal dures and tithes
Louis XVI convicted of treason and put to death
January 21, 1793
Who did the terror aim for ?
enemies of the revolution
Robespierre, Saint-Just and their partisans arrested
July 27, 1794
Committee of Public Safety : power greatly reduced
July 1794
Jacobins Clubs are banned
November 1794
new french constitution that founds the Directory
August 1795
name of the two assemblies under the Directory
- Council of five hundred that proposes legislation
- Council of the Ancients (250) that discusses and votes legislation
What were the elements that caused an economic hardship for the directory ?
- destructions
- military requisitions
- inflation
royalist insurrection crushed by Bonaparte in Paris
October 5, 1795
First campaign in Italy
1796-1797
Countries taking part in the second coalition of 1798
Britain, Russia, Austria (Ottoman Empire, Naples, Sweden)
Coup of the 18 Brumaire and Consulate
November 10, 1799