Stages of the French Revolution

1^er stage: It comprises from June 1789 to August 1792.
- Feudal privileges are destroyed.
- The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, approved in 1789 and speaks of individual freedom of speech and thought; and the fight against oppression and the right to property.
- The Constitution of 1791, established a constitutional Monarchy composed of the Executive Power (fell to the king and prime ministers) and the Legislative Power (representatives of the people).
2^gives stage: From September 20, 1792 to October 26, 1795.
- In the National Convention (before the Assembly) there are ideological struggles between the Girondists (big bourgeoisie) and the Jacobins (petty bourgeoisie), the latter imposed themselves within it, giving way to a dictatorship.
- France is declared a Republic.
- The convention orders Louis XVI (1793) to be executed by guillotine, accused of treason.
- Due to the execution of Louis XVI, the European monarchs were put on alert, creating an anti-French coalition made up of Austria, Holland, Spain, England and some others.

- This period is known as the Terror regime.
3^er stage: From October 1795 to November 9, 1799.
- The Girondists regain control of the Convention.
- The French armies achieve triumphs against the foreign coalition.
- A new Constitution is approved in 1795.
- Legislative power is deposited in the House of Five Hundred and in that of the Elders.
- The Executive power is in the hands of a Board of Directors, made up of five people, appointed by the Legislative body.
- The regime of the Directory is characterized by its corruption, misery increases in the population and money loses value.
During the coalition wars against revolutionary France, Napoleon bonaparte, he stands out as an excellent strategist and military man, becoming famous for his campaigns in Toulon and Italy. Upon his return to France, he carried out a coup (1799) called the 18th Brumaire, which definitively closed the revolutionary period and began the convocation of the Estates General.