French Revolution. Lecture 12: The French Revolution - Moderate Stage, 1789-1792. Beloved and loyal supporters, we require the assistance of our faithful subjects to overcome the difficulties in which we find ourselves concerning the current state of our finances, and to establish, as we so wish, a constant and invariable order in all branches of government that concern the happiness of our subjects and the prosperity of the realm. These great motives have induced us to summon the Assembly of the Estates of all Provinces obedient to us, as much to counsel and assist us in all things placed before it, as to inform us of the wishes an grievances of our people; so that, by means of the mutual confidence and reciprocal love between the sovereign and his subjects, an effective remedy may be brought as quickly as possible to the ills of the State, and abuses of all sorts may be averted and corrected by good and solid means which insure public happiness and restore to us in particular the calm and tranquility of which we have so long been deprived.
. | Table of Contents | Lecture 13: The French Revolution, The Radical Stage, 1792-1794. The proof necessary to convict the enemies of the people is every kind of evidence, either material or moral or verbal or written. . . . Every citizen has the right to seize conspirators and counter-revolutionaries and to arraign them before magistrates. He is required to denounce them when he knows of them. Law of 22 Prairial Year II (June 10, 1794) Inflamed by their poverty and hatred of wealth, the SANS-CULOTTES insisted that it was the duty of the government to guarantee them the right to existence. Such a policy ran counter to the bourgeois aspirations of the National Assembly. The sans-culottes demanded that the revolutionary government immediately increase wages, fix prices, end food shortages, punish hoarders and most important, deal with the existence of counter-revolutionaries.
On AUGUST 10, 1792, enraged Parisian men and women attacked the king’s palace and killed several hundred Swiss Guards. By September, Paris was in turmoil. . | Table of Contents | French Revolution. Brumaire - Calendrier Républicain. Imaging the French Revolution. Les guillotinés de la Révolution française. God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I. Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II. REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III. La Marseillaise - France in the United States/ Embassy of France in Washington. Published on December 20, 2013 On July 14, Bastille Day, La Marseillaise, maybe the best-known national anthem in the world, is sung all over France. In fact, the anthem was not created in Marseille but in Strasbourg during the heat of the Revolution.
General Kellermann, who as at the head of the Army of the Rhine in 1792, asked Captain Rouget de Lisle, one of his officers who was a poet and musician in his spare time, to compose a battle march to be played as the soldiers were leaving for the front. Although he was only given about 20 hours, Rouget de Lisle took a violin, locked himself in his room and composed all night.
The next day, the captain presented the new war song. The following day, Rouget de Lisle’s anthem was played in Strasbourg, where the crowd proclaimed it a triumph. The French national anthem has had a turbulent past. La Marseillaise Hear the French National Anthem Allons enfants de la patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé! Aux armes citoyens! To arms, oh citizens! Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution . Timeline . A Revolution: 1789-1790. The storming of the Bastille July 12-14: Worried by royal troops moving toward Paris and rumors of the dismissal of finance minister Necker, Parisians scour the city for arms to defend it, coming eventually to the Bastille prison, where they demand to be given all weapons inside. When the guards refuse to open the gates, they storm the building and the Bastille falls. July 16: The National Constituent Assembly insists that Jacques Necker be recalled as Director General of Finances and Minister of State; Louis XVI complies.
July 17: The National Constituent Assembly’s formal power begins. Louis XVI participates in celebratory ceremonies and design of the new constitution begins. July through August: This period marks the "Great Fear," when peasants riot throughout France and anticipate the nobles’ revenge. Declaration of the Rights of Man Women's March on Versailles Renunciation of feudal rights in National Assembly Louis XVI in 1790. French Revolution. The French Revolution Video - French Revolution. The French Revolution ("Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga) Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. The French revolution: a history - Books on Google Play.