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These new rulers were called the Directory. There were five leaders that ruled together and shared power. They were moderates not radicals. Some of them were corrupt, but gave a troubled country of...
Simply The Terror (French: la Terreur) is a period fifteen months after the onset of the French Revolution when struggles between rival factions led to mutual radicalization. This led to violence a...
The mobs on the street ran around wild after the war with Austria. They had more power than any government assembly. Many clubs formed to give speeches and demand a republic and more freedoms. One ...
Austria and Prussia wanted King Louis XVI back on the throne. They were worried the revolutionary fever might spread to their countries and replace their absolute monarchies with democracies. The w...
Austria and Prussia wanted King Louis XVI back on the throne. They were worried the revolutionary fever might spread to their countries and replace their absolute monarchies with democracies. The w...
The short-lived French Constitution of 1791 was the very first written Constitution of France that would be representative of the nation. One of the basic aspects of the revolution was adopting con...
TheBread March on Versailles, also known as The Bread March of Women, and The Women's March on Versailles, was an event in the French Revolution. Although the National Assembly had taken the Tenni...
A Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was passed by the National Assembly. All day in the National Assembly, nobles pronounced their support of liberty, equality, and fraternity (the s...
The "Great Fear" (French: la Grande Peur) occurred from July 20 to August 5, 1789 in France at the start of the French Revolution. Rural unrest had been present in France since the worsening grain ...
The "Great Fear" (French: la Grande Peur) occurred from July 20 to August 5, 1789 in France at the start of the French Revolution. Rural unrest had been present in France since the worsening grain ...
Louis XVI faced the new Assembly and did not know what to do, as usual. Because he no longer trusted the French soldiers to be loyal, he hired Swiss mercenaries to guard Paris. The citizens were sc...
In an effort to reach some kind of compromise, on June 27, Louis ordered the clergy and nobility to join the Third Estate. Of course, some members of both Estates had already done so but the vast m...
When the Estates-General met, the third estate, in which 98% percent of the French citizens lived, demanded equal representation and taxation. Abbé Sieyès lead the revolt saying, “What is the Third...
France tottered on the verge of Bankruptcy. Bread riots were spreading, and nobles, fearful of taxes, were denouncing royal tyranny. A baffled Louis XVI finally summoned the Estates General to meet...
Simply The Terror (French: la Terreur) is a period fifteen months after the onset of the French Revolution when struggles between rival factions led to mutual radicalization. This led to violence a...
The Seven Years' War and the American Revolution had strained the treasurey even further. Louis XV who ruled from 1715 to 1774, pursued pleasure before business and ran up debts. Then in the late 1...
