Causes and Consequences French Revolution 1789 Causes and Consequences

What did the monarchical structure look like before the revolution? Monarch and the three estates

Why did the French Revolution take place? Enlightenment Ideology Economic conditions

Estates General

What happened during and after the convention of the Estates General? Disagreements between the estates Emergence of the National Assembly Tennis Court Oath Outbreak of the popular revolt Storming of Bastille The Nobles renounces all their feudal rights (August 4, 1789) Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (August 26, 1789)  

Tennis Court Oath

Storming of Bastille July 1789

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen Article 1 Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. Article 2 The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. Article 3 The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation. No body nor individual may exercise any authority which does not proceed directly from the nation.

Moderate Stage of the Revolution 1790: Civil Constitution of the Clergy 1791: Constitution

Radical Stage of the Revolution Sans- culottes Committee of Public Safety Reign of Terror

Radical Stage Sans- Culottes

Reactionary Stage of the Revolution People turning against the Committee of Public Safety Foundation of the Directory Rebellion against the Directory

Napoleonic Era Negotiations with the Church Civil Code Efficient Bureaucracy and Tax Collection Defeat of other European states But Russian resistance ended with Congress of Vienna

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleonic Empire, 1811

Consequences of the French Revolution Nation-State Nationalism Secularization Liberalism Central Armies and Wars Centralization and Bureaucracy

Liberté Egalité Fraternité