Chapter 7, Section2Chapter 7, Section2

Limited MonarchyLimited Monarchy

King Louis XVIKing Louis XVILegislative Legislative

AssemblyAssemblyMade LawsMade Laws

Legislative AssemblyLegislative Assembly3 Groups3 Groups

*Radicals*Radicals*NO KING!!!*NO KING!!!*Sans-culottes*Sans-culottes

*Moderates*Moderates*some *some

changeschanges*Conservatives*Conservatives

*wanted *wanted KingKing

*Emigres*Emigres

Declaration of the Rights of Declaration of the Rights of ManMan

Equal justice, Equal justice, freedom of speech, freedom of speech, and freedom of and freedom of religionreligion

““LIBERTY, LIBERTY, EQUALITY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY” FRATERNITY” slogan of the slogan of the RevolutionRevolution

Olympe de GougesOlympe de Gouges

Olympe de Gouges writes Olympe de Gouges writes declaration of the rights of declaration of the rights of women.women.

Her ideas are rejected and she Her ideas are rejected and she eventually gets head lopped off eventually gets head lopped off because of this.because of this.

Louis XVI - do not writeLouis XVI - do not writeLouis is warned that he and his family Louis is warned that he and his family

are in dangerare in dangerHe decides to flee countryHe decides to flee countryIs stopped at Austrian Netherlands Is stopped at Austrian Netherlands

border by French postmaster who border by French postmaster who recognizes him from portrait on paper recognizes him from portrait on paper moneymoney

He is sent back to Paris sealing his He is sent back to Paris sealing his own doomown doom

War with AustriaWar with Austria

Austria wanted Austria wanted Louis XVI backLouis XVI back

War!War!Prussia Prussia

eventually eventually joins siding joins siding with Austriawith Austria

33rdrd Government Government

New Legislative bodyNew Legislative bodyNational ConventionNational Convention

Led by extreme radicalsLed by extreme radicals

Execution of King Louis XVIExecution of King Louis XVI

After September After September MassacresMassacresNobles, clergyNobles, clergy

JacobinsJacobinsRadicalsRadicals

Louis XVI guilty Louis XVI guilty of treasonof treasonexecutedexecuted

Jean Paul MaratJean Paul Marat

Radical leaderRadical leader JacobinJacobin““Five or six Five or six

hundred heads hundred heads cut off”cut off”Nobles, clergyNobles, clergyHe is eventually He is eventually

stabbed to stabbed to deathdeath

GuillotineGuillotine

New methodNew methodEfficientEfficientHumaneHumaneBloodyBloody

Maximilien RobespierreMaximilien Robespierre

Became leader Became leader of Committee of Committee of Public Safetyof Public SafetyGet rid of all Get rid of all

enemiesenemiesReign of TerrorReign of Terror

40,000 killed40,000 killed

End of the Reign of TerrorEnd of the Reign of Terror

July 28, 1794July 28, 1794DeathDeathGuillotineGuillotineRobespierre is Robespierre is

beheadedbeheaded

Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte44thth new new

governmentgovernmentThe DirectoryThe Directory

5 executives5 executivesModerateModerateSelected Napoleon Selected Napoleon

Bonaparte as the Bonaparte as the general of their general of their armyarmy