The Cordeliers- also known as the Club of the Cordeliers and formally as the Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen comprised a populist society during the French Revolution. It was formed by the members of the district of the Cordeliers, when the National Constituent Assembly suppressed the 60 districts of Paris to replace them with 48 sections.
The Feuillants- a political grouping that emerged during the French Revolution. It came into existence from a split within the Jacobins from those opposing the overthrow of the king and proposing a constitutional monarchy. The deputies publicly split with the Jacobins when they published a pamphlet on July 16, 1791. Initially the group had 264 ex-Jacobin deputies as members.
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy(1789)- passed July 12, 1790 during the French Revolution, subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government.
It is often erroneously stated that this law confiscated the Church's French land holdings or banned monastic vows that had already been accomplished by earlier legislation.
The National Assembly enacts the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790)
The Constitution of 1791 establishes a constitutional monarchy (1791)
Necker's resignation- Necker's dismissal on July 11, 1789 brought about the storming of the Bastille, which induced the king to recall him. He was received with joy in every city he traversed, but at Paris he again proved to be no statesman.
Mirabeau- a French writer, popular orator and statesman. During the French Revolution, he was a moderate, favored a constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great Britain, and conducted secret negotiations with the king in order to reconcile the monarchy and the revolution, an effort that failed.
Mirabeau's death (1791)
Louis XVI and family flee but captured- Louis XVI tried to flee from France. He was captured and then sentenced to death along with the rest of his family.
Louis accepts New Constitution (Sept. 14, 1791)- en after the debacle of the flight to Varennes, the King�s brothers�the Counts of Provence and of Artois�continued to plot from exile for a military strike that would dispel the National Assembly before it could adopt the new constitution. Louis, however, feared civil war more than he did the prospect of becoming a constitutional monarch. He thus accepted the new constitution, swearing an oath before the National Assembly. Ten days later, Louis wrote this letter to his brothers explaining his decision and asking them to cease their efforts to organize a coup against the Revolution.
Other reforms of the National Assembly (1791)
abolished titles of nobility- by abolishing the titles of nobility it hurt the aristocrats and gave the peasants more power. This also took power from the monarchs.
reorganized local government- this led to the abolishment a monarchy and the introduction of a government run by multiple people. One stop closer to democracy.
laissez faire principals- The laissez-faire school of economic thought holds a pure or free market view, that the free market is best left to its own devices; that it will dispense with inefficiencies in a more deliberate and quick manner than any legislating body could. The basic idea is that less government interference in private economic decisions such as pricing, production, and distribution of goods and services makes for a better economy.
Legislative Assembly convenes (1791-92)
Conservatives- an adherent or advocate of political conservatism. A member or supporter of a conservative political party.
Moderates (centrists)- an individual who holds an intermediate position between those generally classified as being left-wing, liberal, or socialist and those seen as being right-wing, conservative, or fundamentalist. The word "moderate" can also be used as an adjective describing such a position.
Girondists- comprised a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution. The Girondists were more a group of individuals holding certain opinions and principles in common than an organized political party, and the name was at first somewhat loosely applied to them owing to the fact that the most brilliant exponents of their point of view were deputies from the Gironde.