The French Revolution

  • Louis XVI calls the Estates-General

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  • Storming Bastille

    Who: The Parisians
    What: They assembled outside of the Bastille there were more than 800 Parisians.
    Where: Outside the Bastille in Versailles. The Bastille was a prison for political and other prisoners.
    When: July 14,1789
    Why: They demanded weapons and gunpowder that they
    thought was stored there.
    How: They assembled outside of the Bastille and then broke through the doors in a rampage to fine gunpowder and weapons.
  • Women's March on Verasailles

    Who: 6,000 of the fearsome fish women who work in the market.
    What: It was a march to get the king to come to Paris.
    When: October 5,1789
    Where: a march from Paris to Versailles
    Why: they needed to talk to the king about the poverty in the city.
    How: They created a ob to go forth and attack the king in his palace.
  • National Assembly Acts

    This has to do with the rights of men, the march of women, the church and the constitution. These were all