At the same time whole regions in France declared against the revolutionary Government. As a result, the leaders of the Revolution had to deal simultaneously with armies of invading kings who wished to restore the King of France Louis XVI and with revolts in France itself.
The result was a radicalization within the revolutionary leadership. The radical Jacobin fraction within Parliament under Maximilien Robbespierre grabbed power. Generals who were unsucsessful against the invading armies were immediately replaced and recalled to Paris where more often than not, they were sent to the guillotine. The revolts within France were surpressed with great cruelty and loss of lives. This period, lasting about one year, has gone down in history as The Terror or The Great Terror.
France did manage to drive back the foreign armies and the revolutionary leadership did retain control over the rebellious regions during that year. Robbespierre himself also met a violent end: he made the mistake of telling his fellow members of Parliament that he would produce a death list of a great number of them as 'counter-revolutionary elements'. Only, he had not thought of the fact that these fellow members were the very persons who kept him in power. So when they saw that now their own lives were in danger, they immediately voted to have him arrested. The next day, Robbespierre died under the guillotine.
From 1789 until 1799 when the coup of the French Consulate happened.
It was the start of the fall of monarchy
The French Revolution was a wakeup call to European monarchs who were shocked and appalled at what had happened in France. They feared this might encourage people in their countries to do the same. As a result, efforts were made to incorporate Enlightenment ideals in many countries.
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They helped the American revolutionaries then had a revolution of heir own.
The French Revolution was a wakeup call to European monarchs who were shocked and appalled at what had happened in France. They feared this might encourage people in their countries to do the same. As a result, efforts were made to incorporate Enlightenment ideals in many countries.
The Royalists caused a concern as potential counter revolutionaries and they had many supporters throughout Europe, not the least of which were European Monarchs who feared further popular revolutions.
From 1789 until 1799 when the coup of the French Consulate happened.
It was the start of the fall of monarchy
The French Revolution was a wakeup call to European monarchs who were shocked and appalled at what had happened in France. They feared this might encourage people in their countries to do the same. As a result, efforts were made to incorporate Enlightenment ideals in many countries.
The only law he broke, was one everybody would have broken when faced with death: he tried to get other monarchs from other European countries to help and save him and his family. The French revolutionaries saw this as treason and killed him and Marie Antoinette for it.
The Seizure of the Bastille happened during the French Revolution. Basically, what happened was, the group of revolutionaries in France invaded a fort/prison in Paris known as the Bastille. They invaded it, killed all the guards, and released the prisoners. Some of the prisoners joined the revolutionaries to end the monarchy in France.
The French debt was far worse than the debts of other European monarchs, as in England or Austria.
The code name for the French revolutionaries in A Tale of Two Cities is "Jacques."
it was adopted by French revolutionaries in 1793.
The revolutionaries in Latin America were encouraged by the French Revolution and the American Revolution.
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