Three Phases Of The French Revolution

The three phases of the French revolution consisted of two major revolutions and the rule of Napoleon. The first phase consisted of the removal of a royal absolutism and the second the radical revolution that started in 1792 with the removal of the monarchy and the formation of the French Republic. The final phase was Napoleon’s rise to power and becoming the First Consul of The Consulate. Each transition during the revolution was a direct cause of the sentiment of the commoners that made up the large majority of the French population. The first phase beginning in 1789 was the overthrowing of the monarchy government of Louis XVI which had become bankrupt after years of warfare. Loise XVI had to give up on the taxation of land owners after an agricultural disaster that resulted in no taxes being collected leading to the government no longer being able pay its debts owed to the creditors. A decision by the king to not include Third Estate or commoners made of approximately ninety six percent of the population lead to them making a vow on a tennis court that they would not yield until the country had a constitution. The oath became known as the “Oath of the Tennis Court” and with the agricultural failings and rising price of grain and a collapsing economy made way for the formation of a National guard

The poor national leadership and economic hardships lead men to wage war internally in desperation for solutions for the unmanaged crises. With the drastic changes throughout the revolution there was a large shift in the privilege the nobles and clergy had that started the equality for the Third State or the majority of French