Estates general
Storming of the Bastille
Destruction of the prison seen as the true start of the French Revolution.
Assembly of estates general
1st: clergy (100,00 people: less than 1% of population) 2nd: nobility (3000,000-400,00 people: 2-3% of population) 3rd: everyone else (24,000,000 people: rest of population) - only 3rd paid taxes & 1st + 2nd benefited.
What happened at national convention/what they wanted
3rd estate unhappy Fear counter-revolution —> national convention Universal suffrage Abolish monarchy —> 1st republic Conscription - Slavery — 1794 De-christianisation Destroy/repurpose churches New calendar Civic marriage, no parental consent, divorce law, inheritance law, primogeniture, illegitimate children Year 1 : 1792 12 months/30 days 10 days/week
what happened in june 1789
3rd tier withdraws... When the king refused to give them more power, the Third Estate created its own group called the National Assembly. They began to meet on a regular basis and run the country without the help of the king.
National Convention
A national meeting of delegates elected in primaries, caucuses, or state conventions who assemble once every four years to nominate candidates for president and vice president, ratify the party platform, elect officers, and adopt rules.
Tennis Court Oath
A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution
What the national assembly wanted to do
Abolish 1st estate Nationalise church, noble land Peasant rights Clergy Constitutional monarchy Voting rights —> property Freedom of press Liberty — who is free? How form national identity
Estates General
An assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, or social classes, in France.
National Assembly
French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789.
Significance of Estates-General
In May of 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General to address France's financial crisis. The Estates General was made up of three groups the First Estate (the clergy or church leaders), the Second Estate (the nobles), and the Third Estate (the commoners). Each group had the same amount of voting power. The Third Estate felt that this wasn't fair as they represented 98% of the people, but could still be outvoted 2:1 by the other two estates.
What is the timeline
Phase I: Revolution begins (1789-1792) May 1789: King Louis XVI calls Estates General June 17, 1789: 3rd Estate secedes National Assembly June 20, 1789: Tennis Court Oath July 14, 1789: Storm Bastille August 26, 1789: Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen October 5, 1789: Women march on Versailles, force king and queen to Paris June 1791: Royal family tries to run away, caught, and returned Phase II: The Convention (1792-1794) April 1792: France declares war on Austria and Prussia 1792: Establishment of the Convention 1793: King and Queen beheaded 1793-1794: The Terror Phase III: The Directory (1794-1799) Revolutionary leadership out of favor February 1794: Abolition of slavery in colonies Napoleon seizes power 1799
voting problem
each tier got one vote, not preportional
what happened when the revolution began
king taxes leads to objection. such a big debt, the king wants to tax everyone, not just peasants. voting was also a problem
