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