French Revolution

1789 (Aug 4)

August Decrees

1789 (Aug 26)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

1790 (July), 55% swear oath

Civil Constitution of the Clergy*

1791 (June 20–21)

Flight to Varennes

1791 (Sept)

Constitution of 1791

1792 (April 20)

War declared on Austria

1792 (Aug 10), ~600 Swiss Guards killed

Storming of the Tuileries*

1792 (Sept), 1,200–1,400 prisoners killed by mobs

September Massacres*

1792 (Sept 20)

Battle of Valmy

1792 (Sept 21)

National Convention meets and republic gets proclaimed

1793 (Jan 21), 361 votes for execution

Execution of Louis XVI*

88% by 1789

What percentage of peasants wages were spent on bread by what year

“Madame Déficit”

Marie Antoinettes nickname

July 1792, threatened Paris if royal family harmed

Brunswick Manifesto + main point

1. Economic crisis & bread prices.

2. King’s weakness & Varennes.

3. Growth of radical politics.

4. War & counter-revolution fears.

5. Popular violence (Bastille → Tuileries → Massacres).

6. Enlightenment & ideology.

7. Convention’s decision.

7 factors causing cretaion of a republic