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financial troubles
who: Louis XIV and Louis XVI
what: the time when there was financial troubles
where: France
when: the 1700's
why: was a mushrooming financial crisis
how: when the government spends to much money -
Louis XVI calls the estates-general
who: Lousi XVI
what: the time when Louis XVI calls for the estates-general
where: France
when: May 1789-June 1789
why: France tottered on the verge of bankruptcy
how: spending the money that they didnt have -
parisans storm the bastille
who: Louis XVI
what:
where: the city of Paris
when: July 14, 1789
why: people wanted gunpowder and weapons
how: the attacked Bastille -
national assembly acts
who: Louis XVI
what:the storming of the Bastille
where: Bastille
when: August 4-October 5
why: peasants uprising
how: nobles voted to end their own privileges -
threats from abroad
who: Louis XVI
what: the failed escape of Louis XVI
where: France
when: August 1791
why:Louis tried to escape but failed
how: -
civil war
who:
what: radicals fight for power and declar wat
where: Paris
when: october 1791
why: people wanted power
how: they fought -
monarchy is abolished
who: Louis XVI
what: the period when the monarchy is abolished
where: France
when: August 10, 1792
why: tensions lead to violance
how: -
Robespierre and the Reign of terror
who: Robespierre
what: his reign of terror
where:France
when: early 1793
why: danger threatened all of France
how: the country was at war -
spread of nationalism
who: French people
what: a strong sense of national identity
where: France
when: 1793
why: revolution and war
how: a strong feeling of pride -
third stage of the revolution
who: Napoleon
what: when the revolution enters the third stage
where: France
when: 1795-1799
why:its the reaction of the terror
how: it entered the third stage