The Great French Revolution 1789–1793

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The Great French Revolution 1789–1793 Preface Chapter 1: The Two Great Currents of the Revolution Chapter 2: The Idea Chapter 3: Action Chapter 4: The People Before the Revolution Chapter 5: The Spirit of Revolt: the Riots Chapter 6: The Convocation of the States General Becomes Necessary Chapter 7: The Rising of the Country Districts During the Opening Months of 1789 Chapter 8: Riots in Paris and Its Environs Chapter 9: The States-General Chapter 10: Preparations for the Coup d’État Chapter 11: Paris on the Eve of the Fourteenth Chapter 12: The Taking of the Bastille Chapter 13: The Consequences of July 14 at Versailles Chapter 14: The Popular Risings Chapter 15: The Towns Chapter 16: The Peasant Rising Chapter 17: August 4 and Its Consequences Chapter 18: The Feudal Rights Remain Chapter 19: Declaration of the Rights of Man Chapter 20: The Fifth and Sixth of October 1789 Chapter 21: Fears of the Middle Classes — The New Municipal Organisation Chapter 22: Financial Difficulties — Sale of Church Property Chapter 23: The Fête of the Federation Chapter 24: The “Districts” and the “Sections” of Paris Chapter 25: The Sections of Paris Under the New Municipal Law Chapter 26: Delays in the Abolition of the Feudal Rights Chapter 27: Feudal Legislation in 1790 Chapter 28: Arrest of the Revolution in 1790 Chapter 29: The Flight of the King — Reaction — End of the Constituent Assembly Chapter 30: The Legislative Assembly — Reaction in 1791–1792 Chapter 31: The Counter-Revolution in the South of France Chapter 32: The Twentieth of June 1792 Chapter 33: The Tenth Of August: Its Immediate Consequences Chapter 34: The Interregnum — The Betrayals Chapter 35: The September Days Chapter 36: The Convention — The Commune — The Jacobins Chapter 37: The Government — Conflicts With the Convention — The War Chapter 38: The Trial of the King Chapter 39: The “Mountain” and The Gironde Chapter 40: Attempts of the Girondins to Stop the Revolution Chapter 41: The “Anarchists” Chapter 42: Causes of the Rising on May 31 Chapter 43: Social Demands — State of Feeling In Paris — Lyons Chapter 44: The War — The Rising in La Vendee — Treachery of Dumouriez Chapter 45: A New Rising Rendered Inevitable Chapter 46: The Insurrection of May 31 and June 2 Chapter 47: The Popular Revolution — Arbitrary Taxation Chapter 48: The Legislative Assembly and the Communal Lands Chapter 49: The Lands Restored to the Communes Chapter 50: Final Abolition of the Feudal Rights Chapter 51: The National Estates Chapter 52: The Struggle Against Famine — The Maximum — Paper-Money Chapter 53: Counter-Revolution In Brittany — Assassination of Marat Chapter 54: The Vendee — Lyons — The Risings in Southern France Chapter 55: The War — The Invasion Beaten Back Chapter 56: The Constitution — The Revolutionary Movement Chapter 57: The Exhaustion of the Revolutionary Spirit Chapter 58: The Communist Movement Chapter 59: Schemes for the Socialisation of Land, Industries, Means of Subsistence and Exchange Chapter 60: The End of the Communist Movement Chapter 61: The Constitution of the Central Government — Reprisals Chapter 62: Education — The Metric System — The New Calendar — Anti-Religious Movement Chapter 63: The Suppression of the Sections Chapter 64: Struggle Against the Hebertists Chapter 65: Fall of the Hebertists — Danton Executed Chapter 66: Robespierre and His Group Chapter 67: The Terror Chapter 68: The 9th Thermidor — Triumph of Reaction Chapter 69: Conclusion