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Estate general
This is the last date that the Three Estates meet ot decuss the problems in France. This took before the revolution so they were still using the Estate system. -
National Assembel
This is when third estate the commen folk were eger to make changes to the goverment. So the formed the National Assembly. This marked the state of the Moderate era. Many poeple were Moderates. They wanted change didn't go carzy to make the changes they wanted yet. -
Bastille Day
The natioal assembly and commoners strome the prison of Bastille in scrach of gunpowder because the the king sent soldiers to clam down the poeple. This repersented an act of revolution to the French poeple. -
Louis moves to Paris
Shortly after Bastille day King Loius XVI was froced to movie to paris. After a bunch of woman strom the place of Versailles. Wanting to kill the Queen. The national assembly demanded that the king and queen move to Paris so the less say in the laws that pass and loss more of his power -
King louis tries to escape
Knig Louis poored his fate as a monarch. Many of advisor warned him that he should get off of france while he had a chance. He didn't belive them until it was too late. Him and his famliy tried to escape to austrian netherlands. They fialed when the were just about to croos over the bourder because they were spotted by some gaurds. -
Legislative Assembly
This was the when the revolution made a constitutional monarchy. This caused much of the king to loss much of his power. The king still had the excutive power to enfroce laws. The rest of the body had the power to pass or reject deculation of war and laws. This goverment matk a end of the Moderate era and the start of Radical era witch will later be know as the Region of Terror. -
Fractions split France
Due to the problems france was in the legislative assembly split into three franctions. The first know as Radicals want much changes in the goverment then the second group know as Moderates wanted changes but not as much as Radicals. The third gruop was Conservatives the wanted no changes in the goverment. Radicals seat to the right Moderates seat in the center of the room and Conservatives seat on the left side. -
National Convention
This was a new form of goverment. The french goverment was now a republic. This gave men the power to held office and votes but women weren't given the right to vote enen with thier contribution to the revolution. -
Jacobins Take Control
The Jacobins was a gruop a poeple with a lot of power in the goverment. Jean-Paul Marat was a newspapar writer the called for poeple heads that still supported the king and was also a Jacobins. -
Robespierre Assumes Control
Maximilien Robespierre was a Jacobins leader and slowly took control of France. Later he would become the leader of the Committee of Public Safety. -
Committee of Public Safety/Reign of Terror
This is when Robespierre and other jacbins took control. The started a Committee of Public Safety. The committee was made to protect the contry from inside threats. This soon started the Reign of Terror. Durring the reign 17000 poeple were executed. because the your thought of being traitors. Durring this time Georges Danton tried tell Robespierre that it was time to end the Reign of torrer. He and his follewers were later executed for treason. -
Luois XVI death
Thus is the date that the knig die. He was put on trial for being a traitor to his own country. He was found gulity and was sentenced the death penalty. That night he was given the chance to say his finale good bye to his family and then kill the next day. He was killed by a invention call the Guillotine witch chop off is head. After his death his wife Marie Antoinette was later exacuted as well. -
End of the Torrer/ Robespierre Executed
This it the day that Robespierre was executed.He was asserted for keeping a list of possable traders. HE refuse to share it with the rest of the Convention. He later he tried to take his own life but failed. He was exeucted the next day without a trail. -
The Directory
The Directory was the next from form of government. It was made up of 5 men. This government was weak. It quickly became corrupted. It fall by have always to relaying on the milatry. -
Napoleon Becomes Emperor
Napoleon Became Emperor on this day. He did this by having the pope come with the crown and than he pick the crown up him self and putting it his head. Napoleon Became Emperor by taking the crown from the pope and putting it his head. -
Reforms of Napoleon
This took place after Napoleon was made the ruler of France. He made several new laws called the Napoleonic Code. With these reforms he also replace many corrupt pocilitcal leaders with new uncorrupt pocilitcal leaders that came Lycees or schools. He also brought back the curch thanks thanks to a Concordat. This bruoght the cruch back but it had no power in the goverment.