The French Revolution 1789 1799 The Backstory The

The French Revolution 1789 -1799

The Back-story "The Financial Crisis… ~ #1 cause of revolution… "The Agrarian System… ~ 80% of population = rural…Seigneurialism "Social / Legal Class Structure ~ Estate System created legal orders…

Revolution & Reorganization (1789 -1792) • From the E. G. to the N. A… • ~ Oath of the Tennis Court…(6/17/1789) • Peasants Rally! • ~ The Storming…(7/14/1789) • From the N. A. to the L. A… • • ~ Initial Reforms… ~ L-XVI arrested…(7/1791) • ~ Rise of Legislative Assembly…(9/1791)

Revolution & Europe (1792) • Movement towards War. . . • ~ Declaration of Pillnitz…(8/27/1791) • The Terror • ~ The Storming of the Tuileries… • (8/10/1792) • ~ The September Massacres…

The Emergency Republic (1792 -1795) • The National Convention… • ~ L-XVI executed…(1/21/1793) • Committee of Public Safety… • ~ Reign of Terror…(4/1793)

The Constitutional Republic – The Directory (1795 -1799) • Thermidorean Reaction… • ~ formation of The Directory… • Crisis of 1797… • ~ Fructidor Coup…(9/4/1797) • Coup of 1799… • ~ Napoleon takes over…

The Consulate (1799 -1804) • End of Revolution and Reform… • ~ The creation of The Consulate… • ~ Final reforms…

The End…