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Section 2. Revolution Brings Reform and Terror. The revolutionary government of France makes reforms but also uses terror and violence to retain power. NEXT. Timeline Notes. Events of French Revolution. Date. Event/Significance. Date. Event/ Significance. 1789 Aug.

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  1. Section 2 Revolution Brings Reform and Terror The revolutionary government of France makes reforms but also uses terror and violence to retain power. NEXT

  2. Timeline Notes Events of French Revolution Date Event/Significance

  3. Date Event/ Significance 1789 Aug. • National Assembly adopts Declaration of the Rights of Man • Guaranteed these rights: • Liberty • Property • Equal justice • Freedom of speech and religion

  4. Date Event/ Significance 1790 • National Assembly reforms status of church • Peasants opposed reforms because: • Many were conservative Catholics who were offended by attempts to make the church a part of the state.

  5. Date Event/ Significance 1791(Sept) • National Assembly hands power to Legislative Assembly • Political factions from within: • Radicals (LEFT WING) • Want huge change • Moderates (CENTER) • Want some change • Conservatives (RIGHT WING) • Want few changes

  6. Right Wing vs. Left Wing

  7. Date Event/ Significance 1792(april) • Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria • European monarchs fear France because: • They feared revolution might spread beyond France and affect their countries WAR

  8. Date Event/ Significance 1792(aug) • Parisians invade Tuileries and imprison royal family

  9. Louis XVI in jail

  10. Date Event/ Significance 1792(sept.) • Parisian mobs massacre more than 1,000 prisoners • Effects on government: • No more limited monarchy idea • Louis XVI deposed (removed from throne) • Call for a new legislature to replace itself

  11. Date Event/ Significance 1793 (jan.) • Ex-king Louis XVI is executed.

  12. Date Event/ Significance 1793(july) • Robespierre leads Committee of Public Safety; Reign of Terror begins • Intentions of Robespierre: • To build a republic of virtue “ To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is barbarity. ” — Maximilien Robespierre, 1794

  13. Date Event/ Significance 1794(July) • Robespierre executed; Reign of Terror ends • Consequences of Reign of Terror: • People grew weary of the Terror • Movement from radical (left) to conservative (right)

  14. Execution of Robespierre

  15. Date Event/ Significance 1795 • National Convention adopts new constitution

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