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