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
