okay ! stage 1 would have been the storming of the Bastille and the convening of the estates general. This was a time of trying to create a constitutional monarchy. Basically the beginning of the revolution.
stage 2 would be the time that the revolution turned away from the monarchy. Louis flight from Paris , his capture , and his beheading. And the beheading of thousands of french for almost any reason. This is much like most revolutions as those new in power take revenge on those just out of power.
stage 3 would indeed be the rise of Napoleon, The end to the beheadings and a return to normal life.
2007-11-24 15:57:32
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answered by old-bald-one 5
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It appears to be a rough outline of the order in which things occurred during the Revolution.
From 1789-91, the Revolutionaries had aims very similar to those of the US founding fathers: to give a full say in politics to the people instead of all power being vested in the king and the upper nobility. They did not call for the abolition of the monarchy or a widescale murder of nobility, but did institute a new constitution under which there would be a single popular assembly to act as a legislature.
In June 1791, the King, angry at the turn of events attempted to flee Paris. The "Flight to Varennes," as it became known, infuriated many of the ordinary people. Over the next few years, there was a struggle between moderates -- who continued to favor a constitutional monarchy -- and the more radical Jacobins, who favored a Republic. The king's actions, a massacre committed by the army against the people and threats from foreign monarchs, served to strengthen the Jacobins.
In 1792, a mob stormed the Tuileries Palace, took control of the royal family, and as the Commune, took control of Paris. In September, they abandoned the constitution of the previous year and declared a republic.
1792-95 -- The Reign of Terror -- was the height of radicalism. The royal family was murdered, many nobles guillotined and most others forced to flee. Priests, monks and nuns were forced to renounce the church. Violence and repression reigned. In 1794, however, the revolutionaries began turning on each other and the people began to turn against the most radical Jacobins, especially Robespierre. He was arrested on 27th July 1794 and moderates once more took control of Paris and of France.
These moderates immediately tried to restore order: they instituted a new constitution: republican, but more moderate than that first declared by the Jacobins. The people, who had suffered as much as any during the terror seemed to have lost the desire to fight for either an extreme monarchist or Jacobin option and while the next 4 years were more disordered than most would have liked, they were nothing compared to the Terror. Nevertheless, the new government still used violence and deeply corrupt so when in 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte instituted a coup against the republic, most people accepted it as a means of restoring full order.
2007-11-24 16:16:31
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answered by Gerald 5
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wow that is pretty confusing, altho i don't know the rest of your question or how it's worded, etc. it sounds more like a timeline to me.
2007-11-24 15:19:33
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answered by KJC 7
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