French Revolution A Brief Review

Liberty Leading the People

Old Regime Used feudalism to control the state.

First Estate Clergy

The Second Estate Nobles

Third Estate Peasants & Bourgeoisie

Who is carrying society?

Taxes

Estates General Louis XVI called them in an attempt to tax the nobles. An effort to raise money.

National Assembly Makes the Tennis Court Oath Organized by the Third Estate. Swore not to leave until they had made a constitution.

Storming the Bastille July 14th = Independence Day Citizens feared an attack from the government.

Great Fear Peasants heard rumors that the nobles were going to destroy their harvests. Attacked nobles’ houses and destroyed documents stating they owed nobles.

Declaration of the Rights of Man Life, Property and Security

Legislative Assembly Responsible for creating laws.

Inflation Due to high inflation, lower classes could not even afford bread.

Madame Deficit

Execution of Louis XVI - 1792

Jacobins Radicals during the French Revolution. Believed in very little government control of the state.

Guillotine 18,000-40,000 executed during the Reign of Terror

Robespierre Chairman of Committee for Public Safety

Reign of Terror

Forced from power by his fellow revolutionaries

Directory 5 people held executive power Keep one person from gaining too much power. All had the right to veto = problem.