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Failure of the 1791 Constitution

The political landscape of France during the early 1790s was marked by significant turmoil and shifting alliances. The failure of the 1791 Constitution and the subsequent Declaration of Pillnitz, in which Austria threatened to intervene to restore the monarchy, intensified radical sentiments among the French populace.

Failure of the 1791 Constitution

Failure of the 1791 Constitution

Economic Problems

Riots of Summer 1791
Lack of bread

People thought monarchy was inept

War

Declaration of Pillnitz August 1791
Austria threatened to use force to restore the monarchy

Emigres

Angered radicals who saw this as the King using enemies abroad meaning a constitutional monarchy was no longer wanted.
Was declared as a result of the flight to Varennes

The Assembly

Jacobins and Cordeliers join to form a radical group of deputies
Started to become more hungry for power

The Radicals

Radicals within the Assembly
Jacobins and Cordeliers

Robespierre

Republicans
Champ de Mars Massacre

Showed support for a Republic and not a constitutional monarchy.

July 1791

The King and Queen

Signs Constitution
The Queen's support for the war
Showed she wanted absolute royal power reinstated
Flight to Varennes
20th-22nd June 1791
Monarchy flee from Paris to Austria

Any popularity was lost