The French Revolution 1789-1815
The Tennis Court Oath June 20, 1789
The Storming of the Bastille July 14, 1789
French Revolution Phase I Limited Monarchy National Assembly 1789-1791
Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen August 1789
Women’s Bread March October 1789
Civil Constitution of the Clergy 1790
Return from Varennes June 1791
Cartoons of Marie Antoinette & Louis XVI
Liberty Leading the People France declares war on Austria 1792 - Eugène Delacroix
French Revolution Phase II Republic National Convention 1792-1794
The King on Trial December 1792
King Louis XVI executed January 1793
Jacobins take over the legislature
Maximilien de Robespierre, George-Jacques Danton & Jean-Paul Marat Committee of Public Safety Maximilien de Robespierre, George-Jacques Danton & Jean-Paul Marat
Reign of Terror July 1793 – July 1794
Robespierre executed 1794
French Revolution Phase III Oligarchy The Directory 1795-1799
Bicameral Legislature The Directory Bicameral Legislature Council of Five Hundred (30 yrs old) Proposed legislation Council of Ancients (250 ppl – 40 yrs old) Approved or rejected legislation The Directors Chosen by the Ancients from a list provided by the Council One retired each year Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of labor, no armed assemblies & no public meetings of political societies
French Revolution Phase IV Dictatorship Napoleonic Era 1799-1815
The Consulate 1799-1802 Three Consuls with the first having the most authority Napoleon became 1st Consul 1802 plebiscite was passed naming Napoleon Consul for life
Napoleon Bonaparte