CHAPTER II.

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

Immediate Causes-- The States General-- Confiscation of Church Property-- Persecution of Religious Orders-- The Civil Constitution-- Sorrow of Pope Pius VI.-- His Condemnation of the Civil Constitution-- The Constituent Assembly-- Massacres of September-- The Convention-- Changing the Calendar-- Persecution of Catholics-- The Reign of Terror-- The Goddess of Reason-- The Worship of the Supreme Being-- The Council of Five Hundred, or the Directory-- Arrest and Exile of Pope Pius VI.-- The Death of the Pontiff in France Page 51