Questions and Answers
What event led to the convocation of the Estates General in May 1789?
Financial crisis and social distress
What radical measures were taken by the Assembly after the Storming of the Bastille?
Abolition of feudalism, state control over the Catholic Church, and a declaration of rights
When did the French Revolution end?
November 1799
When was Louis XVI executed?
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To which body did effective political power pass after a Paris-based revolt in June 1793?
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Study Notes
French Revolution
- Financial crisis, led by the burden of debt and the failure to reform the tax system, prompted the convocation of the Estates General in May 1789.
- The Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, led to the radical measures taken by the National Assembly, including the abolition of feudalism, the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, and the reorganization of the French Church.
- The French Revolution came to an end with the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815.
- Louis XVI was executed by guillotine on January 21, 1793.
- After a Paris-based revolt in June 1793, effective political power passed to the Committee of Public Safety, a radical Jacobin-dominated body.
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