The French Revolution 1789-1799
The Back-story The Financial Crisis… The Agrarian System… ~ #1 cause of revolution… The Agrarian System… ~ 80% of population = rural…Seigneurialism Social / Legal Class Structure ~ Estate System created legal orders…
Revolution & Reorganization (1789-1792) From the E.G. to the N.A… ~ Oath of the Tennis Court…(6/17/1789) Peasants Rally! ~ The Storming…(7/14/1789) From the N.A. to the L.A… ~ Initial Reforms… ~ L-XVI arrested…(7/1791) ~ Rise of Legislative Assembly…(9/1791)
Revolution & Europe (1792) Movement towards War... The Terror ~ Declaration of Pillnitz…(8/27/1791) The Terror ~ The Storming of the Tuileries… (8/10/1792) ~ The September Massacres…
The Emergency Republic (1792-1795) The National Convention… ~ L-XVI executed…(1/21/1793) Committee of Public Safety… ~ Reign of Terror…(4/1793)
The Constitutional Republic – The Directory (1795-1799) Thermidorean Reaction… ~ formation of The Directory… Crisis of 1797… ~ Fructidor Coup…(9/4/1797) Coup of 1799… ~ Napoleon takes over…
The Consulate (1799-1804) End of Revolution and Reform… ~ The creation of The Consulate… ~ Final reforms…
The End…