Imagine that you are a journalist in a revolutionary France. Create one page newspaper report mentioning the events of the Revolution.
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The Outbreak of the French Revolution
Louis XVI called an assembly of the Estates General to pass his proposals to increase taxes on 5th May 1789. The first and second estates sent 300 representatives each, who were seated in rows facing each other on two sides, while the 600 members of the third estate had to stand at the back. The third estate was represented by its more prosperous and educated members only while peasants, artisans and women were denied entry to the assembly. Voting in the Estates General in the past had been conducted according to the principle that each estate had one vote and same practice to be continued this time. But members of the third estate demanded individual voting right, where each member would have one vote.
After rejection of this proposal by the king, members of the third estate walked out of the assembly in protest. On 20th June, the representatives of the third estate assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in the grounds of Versailles where they declared themselves a National Assembly and vowed to draft a constitution for France that would limit the powers of the monarch. The third estate was led by Mirabeau, a noble and Abbé Sieyès, a priest.
France Becomes a Constitutional Monarchy
The National Assembly completed the draft of the constitution in 1791, aiming to limit the powers of the monarch. The powers were now separated and assigned to different institutions – the legislature, executive and judiciary which made France a constitutional monarchy. The Constitution of 1791 gave the power of making laws in the hands of National Assembly, which was indirectly elected by a group of electors, which were chosen by active citizens. Active Citizens comprises of only men above 25 years of age who paid taxes equal to at least 3 days of a labourer’s wage. The remaining men and all women were classed as passive citizens who had no voting rights.
France Abolishes Monarchy and Becomes a Republic
The revolutionary wars brought losses and economic difficulties to the people. The Constitution of 1791 gave political rights only to the richer sections of society. Political clubs were established by the people who wished to discuss government policies and plan their own forms of action. The most successful of these clubs was that of the Jacobins. The members of the Jacobin club belonged mainly to the less prosperous sections of society. Their leader was Maximilian Robespierre. Jacobins start wearing long striped trousers and came to be known as the sans-culottes, literally meaning those without knee breeches. In the summer of 1792 the Jacobins planned a revolt of a large number of the people of Paris who were angered by the short supplies and high prices of food.
Women Revolution
From the very beginning, women were active participants in the events which brought about so many changes in the French society. Most women of the third estate had to work for a living. Their wages were lower than those of men. In order to discuss and voice their interests, women started their own political clubs and newspapers. One of their main demands was that women must enjoy the same political rights as
men. Some laws were introduced to improve the position of women. Their struggle still continues in several parts of the world. It was finally in 1946 that women in France won the right to vote.
Women were disappointed that the Constitution of 1791 reduced them to passive citizens. They demanded the right to vote, to be elected to the Assembly and to hold political office.
The revolutionary government did introduce laws that helped improve the lives of women.
The Abolition of Slavery
French merchants sailed from their ports to the African coast, where they bought slaves from local chieftains. Branded and shackled, the slaves were packed tightly into ships for the three-month long voyage across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. There they were sold to plantation owners. The exploitation of slave labour made it possible to meet the growing demand in European markets for sugar, coffee, and indigo.
The National Assembly held long debates for about whether the rights of man should be extended to all French subjects including those in the colonies.But it did not pass any laws, fearing opposition from businessmen whose incomes depended on the slave trade. Jacobin regime in 1794, abolished slavery in the French colonies.However, ten years later, Napoleon reintroduced slavery. Slavery was finally abolished in French colonies in 1848
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French Revolution
The French Revolution, also known as the Revolution of 1789, was a revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799 and reached its first peak there in 1789. For this reason, the term "Revolution of 1789" has become widely used to refer to the end of the ancien régime in France as well as to distinguish it from the later French revolutions of 1830 and 1848.
Origins of the Revolution
The French Revolution had both specific causes explaining why it was by far the most violent and the most globally significant of these revolutions, as well as generic causes that were shared by other Western revolutions at the end of the 18th century. The Western world's social structure was the first of the general causes. In certain parts of Europe, the feudal system had already crumbled and been replaced.The bourgeoisie, a term for the merchant, manufacturer, and professional classes of wealthy commoners who were becoming more numerous and prosperous, aspired to political power in those nations where it did not already have it. The peasants, many of whom owned property, had raised living and educational standards, and they desired to eliminate the last remaining elements of feudalism in order to obtain the full privileges of landowners and to be free to expand their holdings.Additionally, since roughly 1730, improving living standards have significantly lowered the adult death rate. Between 1715 and 1800, the population of Europe doubled, a phenomenon unheard of for several centuries. This and other reasons were to blame. The issue was most severe in France, which had 26 million citizens in 1789, making it the most populous nation in Europe.
Aristocratic revolt, 1787–89
When Charles-Alexandre de Calonne, the controller general of finances, organised the convening of an assembly of "notables" (prelates, great noblemen, and a few representatives of the bourgeoisie) in February 1787 to discuss reforms intended to reduce the budget deficit by raising the taxation of the privileged classes, the French Revolution began to take shape.The Estates-General, a body that had not met since 1614 and represented the clergy, aristocracy, and the Third Estate (commoners), were offered as a replacement by the assembly after it refused to accept responsibility for the reforms. The so-called revolt of the "aristocratic bodies," including that of the parlements (the most significant courts of justice), whose authority was restricted by the edict of May 1788, was sparked by Calonne's successors' attempts to impose fiscal reforms despite resistance from the privileged classes.
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