Timeline for The Class Struggle in France & the 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

18th Brumaire

National Assembly rejects amicable agreements

Louis Bonaparte & Raspail elected representatives of Paris

Republic declared; universal suffrage achieved

Provisional Government establishes the Mobile Guards to skirmish w/ revolting workers in Paris

Mock uprising manufactured by Provisional Government

Elected National Constituent Assembly convened

Paris proletariat attempts to overthrow National Assembly

Louis Bonaparte elected president

Start of Louis Napoleon's presidency

On the final day of its exclusive rule, the Constituent Assembly refuses to grant the June insurgents amnesty

15,000 June insurgents condemned to deportation

Louis Napoleon calls for restoration of the salt tax - the Constituent Assembly approves it at a reduced rate

Vote of no confidence which leads to the early dissolution of the Constituent Assembly

Minister Faucher proposes prohibition on clubs; the following day, the Constituent Assembly puts forward a motion of impeachment of the ministry for violation of the Constitution

Constituent Assembly votes to prohibit clubs, violating the Constitution

Bonaparte's ministerial council resolves to invade the Roman Republic w/ Austria and Naples to restore the Pope's power

14,000 men under Oudinot sail for Citavecchia

National Assembly votes for a credit of 1.2m francs to maintain a fleet of intervention in the Mediterranean for three months

Siege on Citavecchia

Constituent Assembly requests the ministry to direct the Italian expedition toward intervention against Austria

National Assembly rejects the bill of impeachment against Bonaparte and his ministry

Ledru-Rollin (Constituent Assembly) tables a bill of impeachment against Bonaparte & the ministry for the invasion of Rome; the Legislative Assembly would reject it the following day

Peaceful procession in Paris which results in removal of Montagne members from Legislative Assembly

First meeting of Legislative Assembly

Paris by-elections result in a win for the Party of Order in the Legislative Assembly

Achille Fould, a banker and former Orleanist and a member of the Constituent Assembly, becomes the minister of finance

Fould announces his financial plan: retention of the wine tax, withdrawal of the progressive income tax instituted by Passy, the former minister of finance

Wine tax restored, 10 days before its planned disappearance on 1 January (by the Constituent Assembly)

Elections to fill the empty seats of the Montagne members of Legislative Assembly (ejected after 13 June) result in a win for the Montagne

Elections in which petty bourgeoisie gain representation; revolutionary energy snuffed bc goals seem achievable through legal means. In response, the Party of Order proposes a bill abolishing universal suffrage.

Bill of abolition of universal suffrage brought to the Chamber

Law abolishing universal suffrage passed

Coup d'état of Louis Napoleon

Date on which Napoleon's presidency was to end according to the Constitution

Constitution passed

Disposal of the Barrot-Fallout ministry, formation of the Hautpoul ministry

French Revolution

First Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte

Bourbon Restoration

July Monarchy

July Revolution

Second Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte

February Revolution

June Days Uprising

Period covered in "The Class Struggles in France"

Provisional Government

June Rebellion

Lyons Workers' Revolt

Paris Uprising

Legislative Assembly elections in which the Party of Order win a majority