History 12

Running Head : THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

The French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon

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The French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon

The French Revolution threw the Old French Society from its very foundation . The Tennis Court Oath declared the Third Estate to be the true representative of France and confirmed the sanctity of the ideals of Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity . The leaders of the Third Estate also declared the establishment of a constitutional monarchy with Louis XVI as constitutional head of state , and a general assembly

as the lawmaking body of France . Louis XVI reluctantly accepted the new position as crowds waved in the streets for the new ideals of the French state . The rulers of Austria , Prussia , and England were all but stunned by the developments in France . They immediately sent a combined army to France under the command of a Prussian duke . Louis was restored to his former position . Many of the revolutionaries were either imprisoned or killed by the foreign army . But this was temporary . The leaders of the revolution rallied the people in nearby urban centers and created a powerful army which drove the invaders from France . Louis was imprisoned (together with his wife and chief officials . After two years , both the king and queen were guillotined in a public square

After the dissolution of the French monarchy , the Assembly enacted laws which represented the ideals of the French Revolution . Every person in the state , regardless of his /her position in the social...