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Robespierre Comes to Power
Elected to Estates General.
He made a rule that no Assembly member can be eligable for the next (1791).
Found success in the Reign of Terror. -
Louis Calls Estates-General
Wanted to fix the French economy.
Resulting in the Third Estate finding out how little power they actually had. -
Tennis Court Oath
France was in a financial crisis.
The deputies of the Third Estate meet at the Jeu de Paume.
They all agreed that they would not seperate until a new French Constitution was brought up.
All the French citizens came together to stand against Louis XVI.
The National Assembly declared themselves supreme state power. -
Storming of the Bastille
Bloodthirsty crowd of people marched to Bastille looking for gunpowder and prisoners.
Group of salesmen and craftsmen stole 28,000 riffles.
Went to the Bastille because they knew gunpowder would be there.
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Declaration of Rights of Man
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
National Assembly approved this document.
17 articles for example, 1. Men are born free and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be based only on public utility.
Reflected the ideas of enlightenment. -
March to Versailles
Large group of starving women fighting for bread.
One of the most violent events during the French Revolution.
Efforts to lower the cost of bread.
Versailles was a symbol of the luxuries for the king and his family.
6,000 women reached Hotel de Ville in Paris and marched to Versailles.
While marching down the streets other starving women joined in.
They had pitch forks and other weapons.
They reached Versailles they stormed in demanding for bread.
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Louis's Trial
Accused for committing multiple crimes.
33 charges.
Resulting in execution.
Executed January 21, 1793. -
The Terror
No specific start day.
The Jacobins seized control of the National Convention.
10 month period.
Suspected enemies of the revolution were executed under the order of Robespierre.
Establishment of new calendar and erase Christianity.
Ended July 28, 1794. -
Robespierre's Death
Found success in terror.
He decided from right or wrong.
The convention came together to destroy Robespierre before he could destroy the rest of the French Government.
His death marked the end of the Reign of Terror in Paris.
