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The French Revolution
AP European History · Period 2 (1648–1815)
Phases
I. Ancien Régime Crisis (1787–1789)
II. Constitutional Monarchy (1789–1792)
III. Radical Phase & Terror (1792–1794)
IV. Thermidor & Directory (1794–1799)
V. Napoleon's Rise (1799–1804)
AP Themes
Social Hierarchy
Popular Sovereignty
Nationalism
Enlightenment
Radicalism
Revolution Data
Duration
1789–1799
Estates-General
May 5, 1789
Bastille Day
July 14, 1789
Reign of Terror
~17,000 executed
Napoleon's Coup
Nov 9, 1799
Key Figures
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Louis XVI
King of France, executed Jan 1793
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Maximilien Robespierre
Jacobin leader, Reign of Terror architect
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Marquis de Lafayette
National Guard commander, moderate
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Military leader, First Consul 1799
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Sans-culottes
Urban working-class radicals
Enlightenment Influences
Rousseau
General Will
Voltaire
Religious Tolerance
Montesquieu
Sep. of Powers
Locke
Natural Rights