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Convening the assembly
After bad harvests and costly wars, King Louis XVI is forced to convene the Estates General Assembly (meeting of representatives of the Three Estates) in order to raise taxes -
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Natl. Assembly gov.
Revolutionary gov. held by the 3rd estate -
Tennis Court Oath
Tennis Court Oath. Nat. Ass. resolves not to disband until it has written a constitution. -
Bastille storm
Bastille stormed and taken by a Paris mob -
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Great Fear
peasants attack noble majors -
The Jacobins
Nobles in National assembly renounce feudal rights, Jacobin club formed -
DRMC
Assembly issues the Declaration of the Rights of Man -
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King Louis moves
King Louis brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris -
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King flees to Austria, is caught at Varenness
King tries to flee to Austria but gets caught -
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Legislative assembly gov.
Constitutional gov. by elected officials -
Paris mobs
Paris mob storms royal palace, legislative assembly gov. collapse.Minister of Justice Danton purges thousands of presumed traitors -
Revolutionary calendar
Revolutionary calendar introduced with new day and month names -
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natl. convention gov.
elected by universal male suffrage to rewrite constitution -
French Republic
Nat. Convention abolishes monarchy and & declares France as a republic -
Day 1 of new Revolutionary calendar
Day 1 of new Revolutionary calendar -
King execution
Natl. convention condemns and executes the king -
counter revolutionary revolt
counter revolutionary revolt in the vendee region begins -
Reign of terror begins
Reign of terror begins -
price controls
price controls put into place by gov, dechristianization, administrative reform -
Thermidor
In the month of "Thermidor" Robespierre is executed -
Church reopening
Churches are reopened -
New constitution
New constitution is adopted, forming a new gov. called the Directory -
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The directory gov.
New constitution has 2 houses: council of Ancients and council of 500 -
Coup d'etat
Coup d'etat (gov. takeover) removes royalists from directory -
End of French Revolution
Napoleon's coup d'etat abolished directory and establishes Consulate gov.; end of French Revolution
