The French Revolution proved to be a greatly tumultuous time for France. To assess 1791 as a turning point is the suggestion that the nature of the revolution had changed and this is true in several cases. The violence of the revolution transitioned from the relatively less vicious, and more symbolic events, like the storming of the Bastille in 1789 where no more than a dozen people were killed to the Danton instigated massacre of about 1,200 Royalists held in Parisian prisons, this move from a generalised revolt to mass execution signals a real change in ferocity and patience in primarily the peasantry. 1791 seemed to be pivotal in social change, the previously under-represented third estate could, despite making up the majority of the population
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The establishment of the French National Assembly and its elected president Mirabeau on June 20 found its meeting place barred by troops, the delegates forced to resign to an indoor tennis court vowed to fix the nations national debt and its constitution, three days later the king would commence the royal session on to refuse acknowledgment of the National Assembly; this stymied start, is apparently due to the Kings initial superiority in the running of these events and his opinion of the Assembly as being the least privileged branch of the Estates-general. This also signals the reluctance of the Kings to segment his power and perhaps his arrogance in believing that he would continue having this level of power. His naivety would soon be punished as by August 1792 Lafayette would flee to Austria and by September the Legislative Assembly would abolish the monarchy and further humiliate Louis in implementing a Republican calendar. This shows that the original power which they held by 1792 had almost completely vanished and the ‘new republic’ had been firmly established; this huge change in dynamic shows that, regarding the monarchy 1791-1792 had the major turning points particularly since in 21st January 1793 Louis would be executed. This however was not the end of the change in government as by the 2nd June Girondists would be expelled from all offices in order for the Commune …show more content…
The public had become increasingly uneasy with running of government and the rising cost of food, food-wise 1791 saw no turning point; the food riots stayed occurred consistently until 1793. The public’s attitude, however to royalists seemed to change drastically as seen from the storming of the Bastille to the massacre of 1200 political prisoners. The biggest turning point is in the Monarchy and its powers; the king’s original power and position would drastically be taken away as would the nobility by 1793. 1791 saw a serious social turn through black emancipation in French colonies and fair representation through the Third Estate. 1791 was no doubt a turning point, still it was part of a series of them; the privileged power was not taken away all at once, the first turning point could be seen as the opening of the État-général in 1788, the next would be the National Assembly abolishing nobility and titles and then in 1791 the King finally accepted the Constitution. This general Idea could be used for social changes, governmental changes and public action, when applying this idea to just 1791, it as a turning point is relatively
The establishment of the French National Assembly and its elected president Mirabeau on June 20 found its meeting place barred by troops, the delegates forced to resign to an indoor tennis court vowed to fix the nations national debt and its constitution, three days later the king would commence the royal session on to refuse acknowledgment of the National Assembly; this stymied start, is apparently due to the Kings initial superiority in the running of these events and his opinion of the Assembly as being the least privileged branch of the Estates-general. This also signals the reluctance of the Kings to segment his power and perhaps his arrogance in believing that he would continue having this level of power. His naivety would soon be punished as by August 1792 Lafayette would flee to Austria and by September the Legislative Assembly would abolish the monarchy and further humiliate Louis in implementing a Republican calendar. This shows that the original power which they held by 1792 had almost completely vanished and the ‘new republic’ had been firmly established; this huge change in dynamic shows that, regarding the monarchy 1791-1792 had the major turning points particularly since in 21st January 1793 Louis would be executed. This however was not the end of the change in government as by the 2nd June Girondists would be expelled from all offices in order for the Commune …show more content…
The public had become increasingly uneasy with running of government and the rising cost of food, food-wise 1791 saw no turning point; the food riots stayed occurred consistently until 1793. The public’s attitude, however to royalists seemed to change drastically as seen from the storming of the Bastille to the massacre of 1200 political prisoners. The biggest turning point is in the Monarchy and its powers; the king’s original power and position would drastically be taken away as would the nobility by 1793. 1791 saw a serious social turn through black emancipation in French colonies and fair representation through the Third Estate. 1791 was no doubt a turning point, still it was part of a series of them; the privileged power was not taken away all at once, the first turning point could be seen as the opening of the État-général in 1788, the next would be the National Assembly abolishing nobility and titles and then in 1791 the King finally accepted the Constitution. This general Idea could be used for social changes, governmental changes and public action, when applying this idea to just 1791, it as a turning point is relatively