French Revolution III
This episode continues the tale of the French Revolution right after the Royal Family's disgraceful return to Paris. Political clubs begin drafting petitions and instigating violence, and the National Guard and the National Constituent Assembly comes down hard on extreme activists in July and August. Afterwards the Jacobin Club fractures, elections are held for the Legislative Assembly, and the Constitution of 1791 is completed. By early December though the newly inaugurated Legislative Assembly is on the brink of war with Austria.
France continues a downward spiral into 1792 under the leadership of the Legislative Assembly. War with Austria and other northern kingdoms is provoked and an insurrection occurs during the summer of '92. Will the Constitution of 1791 survive? Will the monarchy survive? Find out in Ep. 20 of the Everything History Podcast.
The National Convention takes control of the new French Republic and is tasked with steering revolutionary France through its economic, political, and wartime struggles. Four more nations pit themselves against France and the Convention decides the fate of Louis XVI after a month-long trial. Learn the story of Louis' last days before the guillotine.
Episode 22 takes us through more turmoil and directly up to the Reign of Terror. Listen and learn how the sans-culottes pressured the National Convention with force to expel the Girondins out of the Convention itself. Then learn how Terror became "the order of the day".
The climax of the entire French Revolution, but not for any good reasons. Episode 23 explains the stories and history of the horrifying Reign of Terror. During which the French revolutionaries and republicans butcher hundreds of thousands of their own citizens and Robespierre completes his rise to become a tyrant.
We conclude the history of the French Revolution of 1789 with the creation of the French Directory in late 1795. This episode covers the Thermidorian Reaction, the White Terror, and the creation of the Constitution of 1795. The importance of the French Revolution as a whole is also addressed.
France continues a downward spiral into 1792 under the leadership of the Legislative Assembly. War with Austria and other northern kingdoms is provoked and an insurrection occurs during the summer of '92. Will the Constitution of 1791 survive? Will the monarchy survive? Find out in Ep. 20 of the Everything History Podcast.
The National Convention takes control of the new French Republic and is tasked with steering revolutionary France through its economic, political, and wartime struggles. Four more nations pit themselves against France and the Convention decides the fate of Louis XVI after a month-long trial. Learn the story of Louis' last days before the guillotine.
Episode 22 takes us through more turmoil and directly up to the Reign of Terror. Listen and learn how the sans-culottes pressured the National Convention with force to expel the Girondins out of the Convention itself. Then learn how Terror became "the order of the day".
The climax of the entire French Revolution, but not for any good reasons. Episode 23 explains the stories and history of the horrifying Reign of Terror. During which the French revolutionaries and republicans butcher hundreds of thousands of their own citizens and Robespierre completes his rise to become a tyrant.
We conclude the history of the French Revolution of 1789 with the creation of the French Directory in late 1795. This episode covers the Thermidorian Reaction, the White Terror, and the creation of the Constitution of 1795. The importance of the French Revolution as a whole is also addressed.
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