The French Revolution

1789-1815

The Tennis Court OathJune 20, 1789

The Storming of the BastilleJuly 14, 1789

French RevolutionPhase I

Limited Monarchy

National Assembly

1789-1791

Declaration of the Rights of

Man & Citizen

August 1789

Women’s Bread MarchOctober 1789

Civil Constitution of

the Clergy

1790

Return from VarennesJune 1791

Cartoons of Marie Antoinette & Louis XVI

Liberty Leading the PeopleFrance declares war on Austria 1792

- Eugène Delacroix

French RevolutionPhase II

Republic

National Convention

1792-1794

The King on TrialDecember 1792

King Louis XVI executed

January 1793

Jacobins take over the legislature

Maximilien de Robespierre,

George-Jacques Danton &

Jean-Paul Marat

Committee of Public Safety

Reign of Terror

July 1793 – July 1794

Robespierre executed

1794

French RevolutionPhase III

Oligarchy

The Directory

1795-1799

The Directory

The Directors• Chosen by the

Ancients from a list provided by the Council

• One retired each year

Bicameral Legislature• Council of Five Hundred

(30 yrs old)– Proposed legislation

• Council of Ancients (250 ppl – 40 yrs old)– Approved or rejected

legislation

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of labor, no armed assemblies & no public meetings of political societies

French RevolutionPhase IV

Dictatorship

Napoleonic Era

1799-1815

The Consulate 1799-1802

• Three Consuls with the first having the most authority– Napoleon became 1st Consul

• 1802 plebiscite was passed naming Napoleon Consul for life

Napoleon Bonaparte