MWH-French Rev

• National Assembly change the provinces to 83 departments
• The 83 departments had to vote for local representatives at local elections
• National assembly assumed the country's debt by confiscating church land and selling it.
• to strip the clergy's power they passed the 1790 civil constitution of the clergy
• 1790 civil constitution of the clergy - the people elect the clergy and the government paid them
• the further into the revolution the clergy are going to be treated even more poorly this is going to lose support because many people are very religious.
• the Notre Dame Cathedral will no longer be a cathedral it's going to become the Temple of Reason
• they got rid of the calendar, week, and names of the months due to the fact that there were religious - they made it a 10-day week
• Constitution of 1791 - the national assembly finally created a constitution
• Constitution of 1791 -

  1. limits king's power - couldn't make or block laws
  2. 3 branches of gov
• one house legislature - tax paying men voted for members of the Legislative Assembly
• National Assembly - Legislative Assembly - National Convention
• National Assembly members could not run for Legislative Assembly
• The Constitution of 1791 only lasted 1 year
• Louis XVI is really encouraging the emigre to come and save him and save the country of France
• Louis hopes that Marie Antoinette / Austria will save him from the French Rev
• Louis tries to escape France but gets recognized this make whichs the people no longer trust him and he is forced to return to Paris. The people now want a republic.
• The Constitution goes in affect in October.
• New gov = not good

  1. weak executive
  2. power BUT inexperienced legislative
• Deferring atitude in legislative assembly

  1. conservative - liked the way things were
  2. moderate - in the middle and side with either side depending on the issue
  3. radicals - wanted to make more changes and get rid of the king = republic
• right =conservative - liked the way things were
• center= moderate - in the middle and sided with either side depending on the issue
• left= radicals - wanted to make more changes and get rid of king = republic
• L.A disagreed with a lot of things but agreed on foreign war threats.
• Declaration of Pillnitz - allowed European rulers to come and help Louis and restore the monarchy

  -Emperor Leopold 2 of Austria & King Fedrick William 2 of Persia
• April 1792 the legislative assembly declares war on Austria only, they were scared of Persia. But it doesn't matter who they declared war on because Austria and Prussia will invade France.
• The once the countries invade radicals in Paris organized the Commune organization and their biggest supporters are the Sans-culottes
• Commander Duke of Brunswick vowed to destroy Paris if the royal family is harmed.
• Commune forces and threatens the Legislative Assembly saying you need to end the monarchy and if you don't end up on our team we're going to overthrow you
• Commune was saying that Louie was plotting with the nations to you know overthrow Constitution because of the invasion.
• Revolutionary troops arrived from Marseilles to defend Paris singing "La Marseillaise" which is now the French Anthem.
• Legislative Assembly has no choice but to suspend the office of the king
• Armed Parisians are going to storm the Palace where Louis' family were living and they arrest him and officially put Louie and his family in the temple. the commune will now rule Paris while the legislative assembly is governing.
•  National Convention have to create a new Constitution because the old one was structured with the King but now there's no King
• The Old Regime

  • time before french rev
  • 3 estates
• 1st Estates

  • <1%
  • Clergy
  • owned 1/10 of land
  • privileges = owned land, received money, no taxes, tried in church courts, very rich
• Higher clergy - archbishops, bishops, abbots
• Lower clergy - parish priests who did all the work but little pay
• Higher clergy become lazy, wealthy, worldly, and didn't do their religious duties
• 2nd Estate

  • <2%
  • nobles
  • owen 25% of land
  • Privilegdes = rifht to wear sword, lord of their mannor, collect fuedel dues, high positions in gov and military, and Primogeniture