In 1789, the third estate broke away from the Estates General in protest and formed the National Assembly. The third estate was upset because they had the most people but could still be outvoted.
The assembly was in power from June 1789-September 1791.
Representatives were called "deputies" and were often wealthy commoners. they met regularly to run the country without the King's help. Eventually, the succeeded in passing a new constitution.
The Legislative Assembly ruled from September 21st, 1792 to April 6th, 1793
The groups in power of the government were the Girondins and the Jacobins.
The Jacobins believed that the revolution still had a lot to do. Their goal during the Reign of Terror was to kill everyone that opposed the radicals. They believed that the king can not be trusted.
The assembly lost power in 1792, when the populace of Paris stormed the Tuileries and demanded them to abolish monarchy.The assembly then decided to provisionally suspend King Louis XVI of his power and to start up a “National Convention”. At the same time, they also decided to let any man that is at least 25 years of age to be able to vote.
The Legislative Assembly failed in achieving anything because they were not in power long enough to accomplish anything.
A good effect of the assembly's rule was abolishing the monarchy. A bad effect of their rule was making the country even more poor by leaving behind an empty treasury along with other things.
Legislation against the émigrés was passed in 1791 but was vetoed by King Louis.
The National Convention was in power from September 21st, 1792 to April 6th, 1793
The groups in power of the National Convention were the Jacobins and Cordeliers
A goal of the Cordeliers was to instate the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. Hence their formal name of Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
An achievement for the National Convention was that they held executive power in France during the beginning of the French First Republic
The National Convention loss power in 1795 November 2 when the convention was succeeded by the Directory.
The effect of this group was that this assembly saved France from a civil war and invasion, that it founded the system of public education, created institutions of capital importance.
The first session was held on September 20 1792. The monarchy was abolished the day after.
The Committee of Public Safety was in power from April 6th, 1793 to October 26th, 1795, during the Reign of Terror.
The Jacobins were in charge of this government.
The leader of the Committee of Public Safety, Robespierre, used the power and influence of the Committee to instate the Reign of Terror. 9 members were rotated in to prevent a small group from controlling the committee but that didn't really work. There were 12 members total.
The Committee of Public Safety along with the National Convention ended when the French Constitution of 1795 brought the Directory into power.
An effect of their rule was that the committee started the Reign of Terror which marked the beginning of the end of the French Revolution.
The Directory was in power from October 26th, 1795 to November 9th, 1799
The 5 Directors elected by the Council of the Ancients were the head of the Directory.
The 5 Directors were Jean-François Rewbell,
Paul François Jean Nicolas, Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, and Étienne-François Le Tourneur,
The Directory gave most of its power to people with property, which brought back special privileges to people with a lot of money.
They didn’t achieve anything except a few military successes won by Napoleon Bonaparte.
The Directory was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte with his loyal troops and 2 directors.
The Directory was not a really good government which left the French dissatisfied and gave Napoleon the chance to strike it down.
The Governments of the French Revolution
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The National Convention
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The National Convention interrogating Louis XVI
The Legislative Assembly
The Directory
A portrait of Madame Raymond de Verninac by Jacques-Louis David, with clothes and chair in Directoire style.
The Committee of Public Safety
National Assembly
The Committee of Public Safety