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The Age of Enlightenment
An intellectual & philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century -
The Creation of The National Assembly
King Louie had a meeting to deal with a financial crisis the 1st and 2nd Estates would always agree to leave the 3rd Estate losing every vote delegates for the 3rd Estate propose that each delegate representing 1 of 3 Estates would have a vote the number of delegates for the first estate was the same as for the 2nd and 1st combined, gave peasants&bourgeoisie an advantage and it was fairer since 3rd Estate was 97% of the population. -
The Estates-General
The Third Estate became more convinced of its entitlement to liberty. Seeing that neither the king nor the other estates would acquiesce to its requests, the Third Estate began to organize within itself and recruit actively from the other estates. On June 17, 1789, bolstered by communitywide support, the Third Estate officially broke away from the Estates-General and proclaimed itself the National Assembly. In so doing, it also granted itself control over taxation. -
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National Assembly
It was made up of 3rd estate delegates during the Estate-general meetings. -
The Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789. -
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Beginning of The Revolution
The official declaration of war. This act was viewed as the ¨first deliberate act of revolution.¨ Was considered the National Constituent Assembly in 1789, then in 1791 it was replaced by the legislative assembly. -
Foreign Mercenaries In Paris
These foreign mercenaries were paid better and considered more reliable than the French soldiers, but they had harsher disciplinary codes. Their reliability was proved after the Tuileries Palace was attacked.