-In the Estate General, the clergy and the nobility, both with 300 representatives, had 1 ote, the same as the peasants with 600 representatives.
Economic Crisis
Anotações:
-French went into the bankrupt, so the only way to recover was by increasing taxes to the peasants, since the nobles and the clergy didn´t pay.
Social crisis
Anotações:
-Nobility wanted to abolish absolute monarchyto take part in the government.
-Middle class and peasants had to pay really high taxes due to the war
Major events
National Assembly
Anotações:
-Estate General sumoned in 1789.
-Cahier de doleances, a list of complains done by the third state.
-The 600 representatives met in a tennis court, The Tennis Court Oath,and promised not to stop meeting until they create a constitution
Constitutional Assembly
Anotações:
-Attack to the Bastille.
-National guard was created.
-Declaration of the rights of the citizens.
-Feudal rights ended.
-New constitution of France.
-Civil costitution of the clergy.
-Jurors, payed by France.
-Non-jurors, payed by Rome
Legislative Assembly
Anotações:
-Gironde:they were moderate.
-Jacobins:they were radical and interventionist.
Internal problems
Anotações:
-Nobility was discontent.
-Noblemen joined foreing armies.
-Non-jurors also fought.
External problems
Anotações:
-Austria and Prusia declared war to France.
-Several defeats.
The Convention
Girondists
Anotações:
-Republican prclamation.
-Louis acused of treason,found guilty and executed.
-Republican calendar.
-New war broke out, due to the kings execution.
-Internal counter revolution.
Jacobins
Anotações:
-12 members lead by Robespierre.
-Dictatorship called "Terror".
-Dealt with European war and internal counter revolution.
-They executed M.Antoinette, the Girondists and 45.000 more people
-Universal sufrage stablished