1. French Revolution Timeline
Review
French Revolution Timeline

2. French Revolution Time-Line
1. Estates General
2. National Assembly
3. National Constituent Assembly
4. Legislative Assembly
5. Convention
6. Directory
7. Consulate
8. Napoleon & Empire

3. Estates General in 1789
a) had not met in over 170 years
b) order vs. head
c) Tennis Court Oath
d) declare themselves the National Assembly
2. National Assembly (1789)
a) lasted 1 month
b) renames itself the National Constituent Assembly
National Constituent Assembly ( )
a) Adopts Fr. Constitution of 1791 (Const. Monarchy)
b) Storming of Bastille
c) Published Dec. of Rights of Man & Citizen
d) Constitution required king had to share power
with Legislative Assembly

4. b) elections to this body = desire to carry Revolution further
Legislative Assembly
a) lasted one year
b) elections to this body = desire to carry
Revolution further
c) Led by Jacobins
d) Declared war on Austria
e) Assembly pitted Constitutional
Monarchists (right) against Girondists (left)
f) Led to Constitutional crisis

5. Convention ( )
a) a “rump” session of Leg. Assembly
suspends monarchy (Aug 1792)
b) Establishes “Committee on Public
Safety” (controlled by Robespierre)
c) Paris commune calls on Leg. Assem
to write a new constitution
d) Convention is formed Sept 20 ,1792
& becomes de facto gov of France
e) Next day, Sept 21, Convention abolishes
monarchy and declares France a Republic,
which marks “Year One” of the new republic
f) King Louis XVI is executed
g) Robespierre executed in 1794

6. Directory ( )
a) bi-cameral legislature
b) Executive power went to 5 Directors
c) Ends on November 9,1799 when
Napoleon overthrows it and
establishes a consulate
Consulate ( )
a) Power divided b/t 3 Consuls
b) Napoleon joins w/ Abbe Sieyes and overthrow
directory
c) But, it’s Napoleon and NOT Sieyes who
becomes “First Consul”
d) Consulate lasts until 1804 – when Napoleon
becomes Emperor of France.

7. Empire
a) Senate passes bill in May 1804 declaring
Napoleon Emperor of France because
- conspiracies against Napoleon drew fear
of the Republic collapsing when
Napoleon died
- Fears included a Bourbon returning to the
throne, the Jacobins returning with their
guillotine, and fear of a military dictatorship

8. Three Main Topics
Napoleon’s Rise to Power
Napoleon’s conquest of most of Europe and the Continental System
Nap’s final defeat & Congress of Vienna Settlement

9. I. Napoleon’s Rise to Power
Directory depended on Napoleon to
* Royalists rose up against newly formed Directory
* Napoleon called in and repels attackers
* Earns him instant fame & patronage of Directory
* This victory wins him a command in Italy
2. Sept
a) Const. monarchists win most seats in the Council of 500
(lower body of the bi-cameral legislature)
b) Nap responds by sending one of his subordinates to
Paris to overthrow the const. monarchists
c) coup is successful
d) anti-monarchist Directory puts supporters into legislative
seats.

10. II. Napoleon’s Military Victories
Conquers Spain, Italy & Netherlands
Faces opposition from a series of alliances b/t Prussia, Austria, Sweden, Britain, etc.
Treaty of Basel (March 1795) a) b) c)

11. 4. Treary of Camp Formio (1797)b)
c) Nap returns to Paris
d) Britain & Egypt
5. Second Coalition formed (BOAR)

12. III. Nap Returns to France
Why?
Abbe Sieyes

13. Keep in mind, Nap’s battles have fascinated generations of historians, but the APEuro test writers are not concerned with you developing into military historians