locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on June 20‚ 1789. They used a tennis court as a conference room. The Estates General was a legislative assembly made up of First Estate (nobles)‚ Second Estate (clergy) and Third Estate (commoners). Robespierre‚ a lawyer from the Third Estate declared that the Third Estate was the only legitimate body. They reconstituted themselves as a National Assembly. The king initially opposed this but was forced to acknowledge its authority. The Declaration of
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FRQ: Discussing the reasons for the changing aims and methods of the French Revolution. The French Revolution was a period of radical reform among the government and bourgeoisie that was initiated by the largest of the three estates to eliminate the unfair treatment that they were subjected to. The Third Estate was comprised of peasants and commoners that were being heavily taxed‚ while the nobles and bourgeoisie enjoyed a life of luxury with tax exemptions and political benefits like voting
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Specifically‚ they penalized innocent individuals. They went after These punishments ranged from prolonged imprisonment sans trial to guillotining. Yet‚ the Montagnards were sure of their methods.This mindset is evident in a speech made by Maximilien Robespierre‚ who said‚ “Under a constitutional government little more is required than to protect the individual against abuses by the state‚ whereas revolutionary government is obliged to defend the state itself against the factions that assail it from every
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sit for hours under the blade which shed upon you the blood of your husband‚ then you would be killed yourself. Mass numbers of people were killed‚ over 2‚500 people in Paris alone. Tens of thousands in other cities and town throughout France. Robespierre and his cohorts initiated the “Reign of Terror”‚ which lasted just less than a year. This was the worst part of the revolution‚ too many innocent people died‚ this is why they (Louis and Marie) were guillotined and were the last official King and
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attention. From this point of view it makes the acts during the Reign of Terror more justifiable. The majority of the nation was starving and with the amount of bread decreasing‚ the price of bread would continue to rise. In February 1794 Maximilien Robespierre gave one of his most famous speeches on why the Reign of Terror was justified. In it he says “If the spring of popular government in time of peace is virtue‚ the springs of popular government in revolution are at
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Chapter 21: The Age of Napoleon I. From Robespierre to Bonaparte a. Relatively secure after the military victories of 1793-1794‚ the National Convention repudiated the Terror and struck at the leading terrorists in a turnabout known as the Thermidorian reaction. b. During the four unsteady years of the Directory regime‚ French armies helped bring revolution to other parts of Western Europe‚ only to provoke a second anti-French coalition. 1. The Thermidorian Reaction (1794-1795)
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Reasons radicalization of French Revolution By the end of September 1791‚ the National Assembly announced that its work was done. In many ways‚ the Constitution of 1791 seemed to fulfil the promises of reform which had been first uttered by the men of 1789. All Frenchmen could now be proud that the following rights had been secured: equality before the law‚ careers open to talent‚ a written constitution‚ and parliamentary government. Hence‚ there was a sizeable faction within the National Assembly
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have gained and lost power. In the book Lord of the flies‚ children of the island gain power through fear‚ whereas in the novel Farewell to Manzanar‚ power lied in the U.S army keeping japanese americans captive. French revolutionist Maximilien Robespierre‚ struck fear into the hearts of many during the reign of terror‚ and the Estates system held power in different classes. the first and Second estates were the higher class‚ while the third estate was the “working poor”. As shown‚ there are many
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Napoléon: How his actions had affected Nationalism of France and Europe Napoléon and the tremendous effect of revolutionary change in creation of a greater nationalism in France and the rest of Europe. The change in nationalism is for the better have than worse in terms of the opportunities that arose from the actions of Napoléon. The opportunities that did arise were that of several countries were able to become nationalistic and establish their own Nations. The nationalism of France is affected
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France was facing. When the Committee of public safety passed the ‘law of suspects’ in September 1793 the government were moving farther away from the liberal ideals of the early revolution‚ and more towards a more police state. Daton‚ Marat and Robespierre were influential members of this committee. There had been a struggle for control and power between the Jacobins and the Girondins starting from the declaration of war on Austria in April 1792. As a result of the interaction between these groups
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