The Constitution of 1791 -1.The National Assembly writes a new constitution then disbands2.France becomes a constitutional monarchy3.King has few powers under the new constitution4.Legislative Assembly = the new national parliament of France5.Active Citizens = those who could pay a tax and vote/Passive Citizens = those who couldn’t vote

The Legislative Assembly -1.Administrative restructuring = France is divided into “83 departments” which were local districts2.Election of local councils and officials3.Bourgeoisie /lawyers now control local government4.Assignats = new revolutionary paper currency - hit by inflation5.Massive financial problems for the govt - tax evasion

The Jacobins =

members of a Paris political club which spread throughout France

they wanted more radical changes

June 1791 - The king tries to escape to Austria and is captured at Varennes near the border

The National Assembly begins governing in Oct. 1791 with a discredited and disloyal king heading the govt

Old Regime/Absolute monarchs in Europe opposed the French Revolution

1. Feared the rev would set a

bad example2. Feared that it might spread

to their states3. The Declaration of Pillnitz =

Austria and Prussia call on all monarchs to join together to restore

4. King Louis to absolute power5. The D. of P. angers the Nat.

Assembly - France Declares war on Austria in April 1792

The Prussian King and the Austrian Emperor- enemies of the French Revolution

1. France does badly at the start of the war against Austria2. Economic shortages3. Radicals in Paris begin to demonstrate and protest - blame the king for all problems4. The Paris Commune = radical leaders in Paris form their own city got to overthrow the existing got5. August 1792 - Radical mobs attack the Tuileries (the king’s palace in Paris)

The kings guards are slaughtered and the king and family flee to the Nat. Assembly

Radical mobs attack the National AssemblyKing is captured and imprisonedNational Assembly is forced to suspend the monarchy and

create a new government6. The new government will be created by the “National Convention” whose members will be elected on the basis of universal male suffrage (all males have right to vote)7. The National Convention will write a new constitution = create a republic/no more monarchy

August 1792 -1. Marks the end of the monarchy2. The end of the National Assembly3. The end of the moderate phase of the revolution4. The beginning of a new radical phase of the revolution5. These events are sometimes called “the second revolution”

San-culottes - ordinary people without fine clothes/they wore pants not knickers or breeches1. These people are the dominate force in the Paris Commune2. These people demand that the revolution go farther and make more radical changes

The September Massacres - massive numbers of suspected “enemies of the revolution”, counter-revolutionaries, supporters of the king and the national assembly are arrested…then the crowds seize the prisons and murder the prisoners

September 1792 - The National Convention begins meeting/they vote to abolish the monarchy & est. a

republic

The Girondins and the Mountain = two different factions of the Jacobins in the National Convention

January 1793 – the King is put on trial then executed by the guillotine

The Girondins The Mountain June 1793 – radical

mobs force the arrest and execution of the Girondins

The Revolt of the Vendee

France 1793 = major domestic chaos and turmoil