Primary Causes Of The French Revolution Essay
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<br>14 July 1789 to 9 Thermidor II,(27 July 1794) (snapshot Napoleonic France 1804)
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<br>According to Joseph Weber, foster brother of Queen Antoinette, there were three primary causes of the French revolution 'the disorder of the finances, the state of mind, and the war in America.' The 'disorder in the finances' acknowledged that the bankruptcy of the monarchy opened the doors to defiance of the King's authority. The greatest single cause of the revolution was the economic crisis, which forced the King to recall the redundant Estates General which had not been called since 1614, which opened the debate for people to make complaints with the current system through the cahiers of the three Estates. The 'state …show more content…
in Paris to local authorities
<br>- making it more difficult for King to recover the power he had before
<br>- wanted the elected representatives to be responsible to those who elected them
<br>- already the principles of the Declaration of Rights were being undermined, as citizens were divided into 'active' and 'passive' citizens.
<br>- Only active citizens who paid the equivalent of three days' labour in taxes, voted for the municipal officials, those who did not earn that amount from wages were not allowed to vote and known as 'passive'
<br>- 'active' citizens also voted in the Primary Assemblies when national elections were held
<br>- the positions you could apply for increased in prestige the more you earnt
<br>- eg. to become a deputy in the Assembly you had to be able to pay the equivalent of 50 days labour in tax
<br>- 61% of Frenchmen had the right to vote in some elections
<br>- at a municipal level most peasants had the right to vote
<br>- b4 1789 govt officials ran the provincial administration
<br>- 1790 no govt officials at local level, elected councils replaced them
<br>- councils in the towns were more effective - as it was made up of more literate and talented people
<br>- in the villages they found it hard to fill the council with men who could read or write
<br>- therefore rural communities carried about their …show more content…
<br>- During the morning the royal family had sought refuge in the Legislative Assembly
<br>- The National Guard defending the Tuileries, joined the insurgents, who entered the courtyards
<br>- Believed the attack was over until the Swiss started firing, King ordered his Swiss gurads to cease fire
<br>- ***THE RISING WAS AS MUCH A REJECTION OF THE ASSEMBLY AS IT WAS OF THE KING
<br>- Deputies had to hand over the King to the Commune, who imprisoned him
<br>- ***As a consequence of the fall of the monarchy, the 1791 Constitution became inoperative. The Assembly had to agree to the election, by universal male suffrage, of a National Convention to draw up a new , democratic constitution
<br>- The constitutional monarchists, about 2/3 of the deputies, did not feel safe, so they stayed
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<br>14 July 1789 to 9 Thermidor II,(27 July 1794) (snapshot Napoleonic France 1804)
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<br>According to Joseph Weber, foster brother of Queen Antoinette, there were three primary causes of the French revolution 'the disorder of the finances, the state of mind, and the war in America.' The 'disorder in the finances' acknowledged that the bankruptcy of the monarchy opened the doors to defiance of the King's authority. The greatest single cause of the revolution was the economic crisis, which forced the King to recall the redundant Estates General which had not been called since 1614, which opened the debate for people to make complaints with the current system through the cahiers of the three Estates. The 'state …show more content…
in Paris to local authorities
<br>- making it more difficult for King to recover the power he had before
<br>- wanted the elected representatives to be responsible to those who elected them
<br>- already the principles of the Declaration of Rights were being undermined, as citizens were divided into 'active' and 'passive' citizens.
<br>- Only active citizens who paid the equivalent of three days' labour in taxes, voted for the municipal officials, those who did not earn that amount from wages were not allowed to vote and known as 'passive'
<br>- 'active' citizens also voted in the Primary Assemblies when national elections were held
<br>- the positions you could apply for increased in prestige the more you earnt
<br>- eg. to become a deputy in the Assembly you had to be able to pay the equivalent of 50 days labour in tax
<br>- 61% of Frenchmen had the right to vote in some elections
<br>- at a municipal level most peasants had the right to vote
<br>- b4 1789 govt officials ran the provincial administration
<br>- 1790 no govt officials at local level, elected councils replaced them
<br>- councils in the towns were more effective - as it was made up of more literate and talented people
<br>- in the villages they found it hard to fill the council with men who could read or write
<br>- therefore rural communities carried about their …show more content…
<br>- During the morning the royal family had sought refuge in the Legislative Assembly
<br>- The National Guard defending the Tuileries, joined the insurgents, who entered the courtyards
<br>- Believed the attack was over until the Swiss started firing, King ordered his Swiss gurads to cease fire
<br>- ***THE RISING WAS AS MUCH A REJECTION OF THE ASSEMBLY AS IT WAS OF THE KING
<br>- Deputies had to hand over the King to the Commune, who imprisoned him
<br>- ***As a consequence of the fall of the monarchy, the 1791 Constitution became inoperative. The Assembly had to agree to the election, by universal male suffrage, of a National Convention to draw up a new , democratic constitution
<br>- The constitutional monarchists, about 2/3 of the deputies, did not feel safe, so they stayed