Developement of french revolution
Vivi Uppaluru
The Convention
The Directory
- Alarmed by the disintegration of monarchical authority, rulers of Austria and Prussia invaded France to support king and restore the “old order” ancien régime
- Revolutionary leaders responded by establishing The Convention, a new legislative body elected by universal male suffrage, which abolished the monarchy and proclaimed France a republic.
- Rallied the French population by instituting the levée en masse “mass levy” or universal conscription that drafted people and resources for use in the war against invading forces
- Made frequent use of the guillotine
- Revolutionary chaos reached its peak in 1793 and 1794 when Maximilian Robertspierre and the radical Jacobin party dominated the Convention.
- Jacobins believed that France needed reconstructing so they unleashed a campaign of terror to promote their revolutionary agenda.
- Sought to eliminate influence of Christianity in French society by closing churches and forcing priests to take wives.
- promoted a new “cult of reason” as a secular alternative to Christianity
- reorganized the calendar, keeping months of 30 days but replacing seven day weeks with ten day units that recognized no day of religious observance
- Also proclaimed a new historical era with Year 1, which began establishment of French Republic
- encouraged citizens to display revolutionary zeal by wearing working class clothes
- granted increased rights to women by permitting them to inherit property and divorce husbands, although they did not allow women to vote or participate in public affairs.
- frequently used guillotine, killed 40,000 people
The Directory
- Instability of revolutionary leadership eventually undermined confidence in the regime itself
- The Convention arrested Robespierre and his allies, convicted them of tyranny, and sent them to the guillotined
- a group of conservative men of property then seized power and ruled France under a new institution known as the Directory
- though more pragmatic than previous revolutionary leaders, members of the directory were unable to resolve economic and military problems that plagued revolutionary France
- In seeking a middle way between the ancien regime and radical revolution, they lurched from one policy to another, and the Directory faced constant challenges to its authority
- came to end when Napoleon Bonaparte seized power
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This is the Jacobin party
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