A Timeline Of The French Revolution

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  • Tennis Court Oath

    they created an oath for the revolution in a tennis court because they were locked out of the other court place.

  • Bad Havests

    during the wars there were 2 years of bad harvests. this costs the price of perishables to plummet.
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    Assembly Gov

    Revolution gov led by the people of the third estate.

  • Bastille Stormed And Taken By Paris Mob

    the city of bastille was stormed and taken in control by and paris mob.
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    Great fear

    The normal peasants start to attack the nobles manors damaging their property

  • Nobles In National Assembly

    this was called to deal with Frances financial crisis.

  • Assembly Issues Decloration Of The Rights Of Man

    The give a list of the rights the you are born with and can't be taken away. This was the first stand up against the king.

  • King Is Brought To The Palace In Paris

    The king gives in and complies with them. They make him move put of the castle and into this palace in Paris.

  • King Attempts To Flee

    The king tries to runaway to Austria but is caught in varennes.
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    Legislative assembly gov

    Started a constitutional gov by elected officials to represent regions.

  • Paris Mob Storms Palace

    The same mob that took Bastille also stormed the palace and killed tons of people with the mob.
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    Convention gov

    The nation Convention troupe government is created and was elected by universal male sufferage to rewrite constitution.

  • National Convention

    A few political leaders come together and declare France a republic instead of a monarchy.

  • Revolutionary Calendar

    The added days to the week and removed Sunday's and renamed any street that had saint in it.

  • National Convention

    They meet again and decide to execute the king.

  • Counter Revoluonary Revolt

    People get confused about the revolution because people take actions that seemed to go against what the revolution stood for

  • Reign of terror

    Committee of public safety led by Robespierre begins.

  • Price controls

    Price restrictions are put in place by gov to stop people from making crazy profits.

  • Thermidor

    Robespierre is executed and the reign of terror ends.

  • Churches reopen

    After being closed for a long time the churches finally reopen.

  • New constitution (again)

    Yet another constitution is adopted forming a new gov called a directory.
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    Directory gov

    A new constitution is put in place and has 2 houses ( council of ancients and council of 500 )

  • Coup d'état

    A full government takeover and it removed all the royalist a from the directory.

  • Napoleons takeover

    Napoleon comes to power and removes the directory and establishes and consulate government at the end of the revolution.