French Revolution (Section) 1 And 2

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IV. Signs Of the coming Reduction

- A. Estates General- Assembly of all three estates.
- Members of 3rd estate Insisted they have a vote in the estates general
- View of the Enlightment- Liberty
- National Assembly- 3rd estate's group to pass laws and reforms

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B. Troubles for the 1st and 2nd estates.

- 3rd Estate were locked out of their meeting room
- Tennis Court Oath- 3rd Estate meeting to write a new Constitution
- Louis XVI orders 1st and 2nd estates to join 3rd estate in the national assembly

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C. 3rd Estate Takes Action

- 3rd Estate fears Louis will send the army to break up the national assembly
- Storming the Bastine- 3rd Estate raids a weapons depot
- Peasants hack the prison guards to death
- 1st Violent act of the Revolution
- July 14, 1789- Symbolic act of the French Revolution and French holiday

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Ch 7 Section 2 French Continues to change
- Declaration of the rights of men- Document stated men are born free and equal
- Dissolved the Estate System
- National Assembly stripped the church of its power

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II. Government Reforms
- Louis XVI tries to escape but is caught
- Louis XVI is stripped of his power to make laws
- Louis is still allowed to enforce laws
- Legislative Assembly- Created to make laws and war.
- Power of the peasants is Increasing
-Power of the king is decreasing

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III. Continued Trouble in France
- French Radicals Spread the revolution through France
- French Radicals attacked Austria
- 20,000 Peasants invaded the Royal Palace
- 900 swiss Guards were killed
- Louis, Marie Antoinette, and children were thrown In prison

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IV. Continued Change.......
- Legislative Assembly is dissolved
- National Convention- Body That Creates the Government
- Elected Body To Govern France
- Drafted a new Constitution
- 1. Gave Power to Middle Class
- 2. Created Congress
- 3. Created the Directory- Executive Body of Five men to make Decisions

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V. Maximillian Robespierre
- Member of the Jacobins, Gains Power
- Committed to continuing the Revolution
- Committe of Public Safety- Executed people that opposed the Revolution
- Robespierre Killed anyone who Diagreed with the changes made during the Revolution

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Jacobins
- Jacobins- Radical political group pushing for change
- Jean-Paul Marat- Jacobin Writer
- Georges Danton- Outspoken Jacobin
- Sans-Chlottes- French Radicals (Full-Lenght Pants)

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Louis XVI
- Put on trial for Reason
- Guilty- Sentenced to the Guillotine

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VI. The Reign of Terror
- 1793-1794
- 3,000 People Executed (8 a Day)
- 85% of them were Peasants
- Danton Executed as Robespierre Power trips
- Robespierre gets out of ahnd and sent the the Guillotine

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