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FRENCH REVOLUTION

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CONTENTS

• CAUSES• EVENTS• CONSEQUENCES

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PERIODS OF THE REVOLUTIONIZATION

• OLD REGIME• NATIONAL ASSEMBLY• JACOBINS(ROBESPIERRE)• DIRECTORY• NAPOLEON

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WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF FRENCH REVOLUTION?

FRENCH

REVOLUTION

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CAUSES

THE ENLIGHTMENT AMERICAN REVOLUTION FRENCH ECONOMY FEUDAL SYSTEM PEASANTS SITUATION UNBEARABLE CROP FAILURE

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OLD REGIMEFRANCE WAS DIVIDED INTO

THREE ESTATES• I ESTATE• II ESTATE• III ESTATE

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FIRST ESTATECLERGYEXEMPTED FROM TAXESTHIRD ESTATE PAID TITHES(TAX)

TO CLERGYENJOYED PRIVILEGES 

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SECOND ESTATENOBILITYEXEMPTED FROM TAXESENJOYED PRIVILEGES  

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THIRD ESTATEPEASANTS,LABOURERS,SERVANT

S,ETCPAID TITHESPAID TAILLE

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ESTATES GENERAL

• LOUIS XVI CALLED AN ASSEMBLY• ANGRY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THIRD

ESTATE WALKED OUT

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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

THIRD ESTATE FORMED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

TOOK OATH IN TENNIS COURT TO PREPARE CONSTITUTION

WANTED TO LIMIT POWERS OF MONARCH

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STORMING THE BASTILLE

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LOUIS XVI ACCEPTED THE DEMANDS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

CLERGY AND NOBILITY FORCED TO GIVE UP PRIVILEGES

TITHES WERE ABOLISHED LAND OWNED BY CHURCH CONFISCATED

FRANCE BECOMES CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY

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JACOBIANS

LESS PROSPEROUS SECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY

LED BY MAXIMILIAN ROBESPIERRE ALSO KNOWN AS “SANS CLUOTTES” RED CAP AND STRIPPED TROUSERS

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CONVENTION

NEWLY ELECTED ASSEMBLY CALLED CONVENTION

ABOLISHED MONARCHY FRANCE BECOMES REPUBLIC

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THE REIGN OF TERROR(1793-1794)

• ROBESPIERRE CAME INTO POWER• SEVERE CONTROL AND PUNISHMENT• MANY WERE GUILLOTINED• AT LAST ROBESPIERRE GUILLOTINED

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DIRECTORY

EXECUTIVE OF 5 MEMBERS NOT SUCCESSFUL DUE TO POLITICAL

INSTABILITY

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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

BECAME EMPEROR OF FRANCE

WANTED TO CONQUER EUROPE

DIED AT WATERLOO

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THE END

THANK YOU PRESENTED BY UMANG SINGH GUSAIN