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The French Revolution

The French Revolution. Chapter 18. The Crisis of the French Monarchy. The Monarchy Seeks New Taxes Necker’s Report Colonne’s Reform Plan and the Assembly of Notables Deadlock and the Calling of the Estates General . The Revolution of 1789.

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The French Revolution

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  1. The French Revolution Chapter 18

  2. The Crisis of the French Monarchy • The Monarchy Seeks New Taxes • Necker’s Report • Colonne’s Reform Plan and the Assembly of Notables • Deadlock and the Calling of the Estates General

  3. The Revolution of 1789 • The Estates General Becomes the National Assembly • Fall of the Bastille • The “Great Fear” and the Night of August 4 • The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen • The Parisian Women’s March on Versailles

  4. The Reconstruction of France • Political Reorganization • Economic Policy • The Civil Constitution of the Clergy • Counterrevolutionary Activity

  5. The End of the Monarchy: A Second Revolution • Emergence of the Jacobin • The Convention and the Role of the Sans-culottes

  6. Europe at War with the Revolution • Edmund Burke Attacks the Revolution • Suppression of Reform in Britain • The Second and Third Partitions of Poland, 1793, 1795

  7. The Reign of Terror • War with Europe • The Republic Defended • The “Republic of Virtue” and Robespierre’s Justification of Terror • Repression of the Society of Revolutionary Republican Women • De-Christianization • Revolutionary Tribunals • The End of the Terror

  8. The Thermidorian Reaction • Establishment of the Directory • Removal of the Sans-culottes from Political Life

  9. In Perspective Results of the Revolution The French revolution ended in failure? Solid middle class established Peasants better off Social and political gains Absolute monarchy never re-established • Old social system destroyed • Replaced; new system based on equality, ability, and the law • Triumph of Capitalism • Secular democracy • Foundation of modern nation-state

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