6.1.2 Project - French Revolution Timeline - Carley and Melani

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    The American Revolution

    The American Revolution was a political battle that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the The Thirteen American Colonies declined the British monarchy. The American Colonists revoked the power of Great Britain, and established the United States of America.
  • Fall of the Bastille

    Fall of the Bastille
    The Bastille was a prison that held only 7 prisoners. It was also use as a storage space for didfferent products. The prison fall was the begining and start of the French Revolution.
  • The Great Fear

    The Great Fear
    Was a panic ime period at the start of The French Revolution. Citizens ran around in a riot because they didn't know what else to do.
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    Declaration of the Rights of Man
    The French held a assembly to set down laws for the rights of men. They wanted all men to be equal with their rights, even if someone with larger power, they would still be treated the same, no special advantages.
  • The Woman's March

    The Woman's March
    The Women's March was an angry mob of 7,000 working armed women who marched through rain from Paris to Versailles and escalated the French Revolution.
  • Execution of the King

    Execution of the King
    He was executed for the crime of treason. He was the last king of France. He was executed by the Bourbun Monarchs. Louis didn't really wanna be king anyway.
  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror
    A short but long period of vilonce. People were getting executed left and right, be headed in their new invention, as soon as something wrong happened, or was accused.
  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath
    The Third Estate was angry with the First and Second Estates not allowing for the equal representation of them. The Third Estate assembled in a tennis court nearby and agreed that no one would leave the room until a new Constitution was made.
  • Execution of Robespierre

    Execution of Robespierre
    Maximilien Robespierre designed the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. Robespierre was the ruler of France at the time, he was later overthrown and arrested, by the National Convention,for encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 his enemies, mainly by guillotine.
  • The Directory Established

    The Directory Established
    It was the Constitiution of the year |||. It took over the French government. It jump started the Reign Of Terror. It was created with over 750 men, in a apart of two houses.