Revolutions: France AOS2

Women's March to Versailles

5 October 1789

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

debated and adopted 20-26 August 1789

Decrees of 4 August

4 August 1789

Louis wears the tricolour cockade and is welcomed by the people

11 July 1789

how many women marched to versailles?

6000

according to who was there violent incidents against individual deputies inside and outside the assembly

Timothy Tackett

lafayette

leader of the National Guard

coming back from versailles the crowds shouted

"long live the baker! Long live the baker's wife and son!"

assembly Decree on Martial Law that

21 October 1789

plan to go north-east to find loyal troops then be able to get help from Austria.

from 1790

royal family attempts to attend the Eastern Mass at Saint Claud

April 1791

Emperor of Austria

Leopold II

King of Spain

Charles IV

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

12 July 1790

clerical oath

27 November 1790

plan developed

May and June 1791

Flight to Varennes

20-21 June 1791

Champ de Mars Massacre

17 July 1791

the cordeliers supported

- direct democracy
- the participation of people in the electoral and legislative process
- the right to protest through a revolutionalry crowd
- that the 'active citizens' were the common people

The petition:

- Demanded louis xvi's abdication.
- Declared that the nation was "outraged" by the assembly's decision to "entrust the control of the realm to a perjurer, traitor and fugitive."

how many people were at the champ de mars

50,000

how many were killed and injured at the champ de mars

50 killed, 12 wounded

one thousand constitutional monarchists led by Joseph Barnave resigned from the Jacobin club, forming the feuillant club.

16 July 1791

Sans culottes

urban workers, shop keepers and artisans who supported the revolution.

King accepted constitution and · declared "then revolution is over."

14 september 1791,

Robespierre

member of the national assembly and leader of the jacobin club.

Desmoulini

writer and co founder of cordeliers club

Danton

co founder of cordeliers club, later minister of justice

The Option of International War

20 April 1792

increased discussion of war

late 1791

brissotin/cirondin campaign for war strengthened.

end of 1791

Austria signed a military alliance with Prussia against revolutionary France.

february 1791

king was forced to replace pacifist ministers with pro-war (roland, dumouriez).

march 1792

French declared war against Austria

20 April 1792

measures during war

- All foreigners in paris were put under surveillance.
- Kings bodyguards were disbanded.
- Regular solidiers were ordered out of paris.
- 20,000 national guards from the provinces were ordered in.

Sections of paris organised a demonstration for

20 june 1792

the assembly declared the homeland in danger

11 July 1792

Duke of Branswick (Prussian duke) mamifesto
- Declared the population of Paris personally responsible for the royal family

25 July 1792

Capture of Verdun

2 September 1792, 140km from the last fortified town before paris

The End of the Monarchy

10 August 1792

The revolutionary commune carefully planned and widely announced mobilisation of paris through the night of

9th - 10th August.

the sections voted to replace the Paris Commune with an Insurrectionary Commune.

9th August 1792

At the Tuileries Palace Louis had 900 mercenary Swiss guards, 700 royalist volunteers, and 2000 National Guards

300 defenders were killed and 500 swiss guards were slaughtered.

attackers killed

400

The Assembly established a special "Committee of Vigilance (first measure of terror)

17 August 1792

Barnave and other Feuillant leaders were arrested, and later executed.

August 19

The September Massacres

2-6 September 1792

Austrian Army was gaining control of France.

2 September 1792

Rumours

"prisoners are full of conspirator."

Marat

writer, newspaper: People's Friend

People's Friend puplished

"prisoners would escape and take over Paris until the Austrians would arrive"

2700 prisoners, how many killed?

1200 prisoners were killed (240 priests).

Princess de Lambelle

famous victim of september massacres, friend of marie antoinette

Roland

minister of interior

girodins

horrified by bloodlust of september and saw sans-culottes as killers.

Sans-culottes

saw the massacre as a legitimate means of defending the revolution against its enemies to save paris.