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The French Revolution The Moderate Phase (1789-1791) Moderate Phase • First phase of the French Revolution • 1789-1791 • The goal was to create a limited monarchy The Great Fear • 1789: Famine led to riots aimed at nobles • Marquis de Lafayette led the National Guard (middle class army), into Paris • Paris Commune, a radical group, replaced the royalist government in Paris Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen • Nobles in the National Assembly vote to end their privileges • National Assembly publishes the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen • Includes enlightenments idea: – All men are born and remain free with equal rights – The government exists to protect the rights of the citizens – Equal rights to hold public office – Freedom of religion – Fairer taxes Capturing the Royal Family • Many French citizens were angered by the excessive spending of the royal family • A mob abducted Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and Louis XVII • Held in the Tuileries palace for three years Solving the Financial Crisis • National Assembly votes to sell church lands and put the Catholic Church under state control • France is denounced by the Pope and other Catholic Nations • Prussia and Austria threaten to invade if the revolution gets worse The Constitution of 1791 • Set up a limited monarchy • Gave the Legislative Assembly the power to make laws, collect taxes and declare war • Law makers elected by tax-paying male citizens • Protected private property and supported free trade