The French Revolution

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    The French Revolution

  • The Tennis Court Oath

    The Third Estate declared themselves the National Assembly.

  • Storming the Bastille

    The Paris mob broke into the Bastille prison and was looking for weapons.
    This was the beginning of The French Revolution

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    The National Assembly issued the Declaration of The Rights of Man.

  • Louis XVI tries to flee,

    Louis XVI and his family tried to flee France, and he was arrested for it.

  • National Convention meeting

    The National Convention held their first meeting

  • King Louis XVI sentenced to the guillotine.

  • The Reign of Terror begins.

    The court sentenced 20,000 to 40,000 people to death.

  • Robespierre was beheaded.

    The Reign of Terror ended.

  • Directory is established.

    A new Constitution was adopted.

  • Napoleon takes command of Italy.

  • The Directory fell and ended the French Revoultion.

    Napoleon Bonaparte takes control of the French Government.