The French Revolution

The Crisis  Seven Years’ War  French defeat  Debt  taxation  American War of Independence ( )  No taxation without representation

The Seven Years’ War Blue: Britain, Prussia, Portugal Green: France, Spain, Austria, Russia and Sweden

The Three Estates Cahiers de doléances

Storming the Bastille (14 th July 1789)

Women’s March on Versailles October 5, 1789

The Great Fear

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, August 26, 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Constitution of 1791  Creation of Constitutional Monarchy  King was answerable to assembly  Sovereignty of the people considered the source of the monarch and the assembly’s power  Voting tied to property

The Church in the Revolution  1790: many monasteries and convents dissolved  1791: Civil Constitution of the Clergy  Oath of loyalty to state required of all clerics  Created support for counter-revolution

The Second Revolution ( )

Radicalization  Foreign Wars  Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Italy  Monarchy abolished 1792  First Republic September 22, 1792  Growing association and power of radical elements of Revolution  Sans-culottes and Jacobins  Jacobin ascendency over moderate Girondins  Maxmilian Robbespierre ( )

The Reign of Terror and Its Aftermath  1793: Committee on Public Safety  Further radicalization  Reign of Terror ( )  Law of Suspects  The Directory ( )

Republican Calendar

What factors led to the French Revolution? Why did the revolutionary impulse succeed in France?