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Convocation of the Estates General
Meeting of the three french estates to come together to solve the country's economy's problems. Picture from:http://www.crommelin.org/history/Biographies/1730Isaac/IsaacSpyBook/E-Chapter03.htm -
Tennis Court Oath
The third estate was not aloud in the meeting with the other estates so they met at the palace's tennis court. When they met at the tennis court they made an oath that they would continue meeting until things changed.They called themselves the National Assembly. -
Storming of Bastille
The peasants felt like the soldiers were closing in on them and that something bad was about to happen, so they went to the Bastille which was France's prison/weapon holding building to get weapons to arm themselves against the government. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
The Declaration of the rights of Man and of the Citizen, passed by France's National Constituent Assembly was a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. Pictures From:http://www.humanrights.com/what-are-human-rights.html -
Women's March
There was a rumor the Marie Antoinette was hoarding grain in the palace. The women of the third estate marched to the castle and stole the grain in order to feed their starving children. -
Champ De Mars Massacre
A crowd was gathering at Champ De Mars to sign a petition to get rid of the king. The crowd got so big that the National Guardfired to warning shots. The people started throwing stones and then the soldiers fired into the crowd. -
Constitution of 1791
French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting. -
King's Execution
He was guillotined because he "abandoned the thrown" by trying to escape the country. -
Committee of Public Safety
The Committee of Public Safety was created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror (1793–94), a stage of the French Revolution. -
End of the Reign of Terror
The Reign of terror ended with Robespierre's death by guilltine. The Reign of Terror was a violent time after the French Revolution.
