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French Revolution
The French Revolution: Downfall of Robespierre
Finally, the enemies of the Revolution at home and abroad seemed to be suppressed. Only Great Britain and Austria continued the war. The people were tired of the Terror. When Robespierre showed no signs of stopping the bloodshed, the rest of the Convention took matters into their own hands. The French Revolution: The King Waivers
Louis XVI was a weak and indecisive king, because he would vacillate between obeying the new constitution, and following the advice of his councilors, who had ulterior motives. Their motives were to maintain the status of their offices. Thus, this weakness in the king caused the people of France to mistrust the king and
still more Marie Antoinette, who was not French but Austrian. The French Revolution: The Revolution Begins
The Revolution began when the Estates-General met on May 5, 1789. Many Nobles and some of the clergy followed the Third Estate, in starting the long revolution. They changed the name of their gathering from Estates General to the National Assembly, which represented all of the people of France, thus doing away with representation by class. The French Revolution: Pre-Revolutionary France
The French government of Louis XVI was overthrown in 1789. The Revolutionaries took as their motto, the famous phrase "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite" Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Equality. They did away
with privilege. This was the most important part of the French revolutionary slogan. The Influence of the Enlightenment on the French Revolution
The Intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment occupies an important position in the growth of Western civilization. How it totally affected society, especially French society is a subject of debate, from the beginning of the Revolution to today. In fact, two schools of interpretation are involved. Pope Pius VI and the French Revolution
The condemnation of the Civil constitution of the Clergy and the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen by Pius VI led to his downfall.
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