The French revolution: the crisis of the summer 1793
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In order to solve the economic problems of the kingdom, Louis XVI agree to convene the general states, whereas they had not been joined together since 1614. In a few weeks, however, the sovereign loses the control of this assembly where notable the, resulting ones from the middle-class, dominate the noble ones and representatives of the clergy.
The general states proclaim constituent National Assembly on on July 9th, 1789. On July 14th, the people of Paris seize the Bastille, symbol of the royal absolutism. At the time of the night of August 4th, the Parliament votes the abolition of the privileges. On October 5th and 6th, the people, and in particular the women, the king brings back to Paris. Louis XVI tries to flee in June 1791, but it is stopped in Varennes.
The legislative Parliament, which succeeds in October 1791 the Constituent one, is marked by the war with the European powers and by the insurrection of August 10th, 1792. September 1792 to October 1795, Convention marks the paroxysm of the revolutionary process, which culminates with the short dictatorship jacobine at the Committee of Public Safety in 1794, until the fall of Robespierre at the time of Thermidor. The Directory, if it benefits from the victories of its armies outside, is unable to solve the interior problems; it ends up being tributary of its own generals, until the coup d'etat of brumaire.