Timeline: FR Timeline: A king has power only when the peseants are happy.

Oct 1, 1786

France's economy drops.

France’s economy was dropping, the French Government owed a lot of money. Thanks to how much money the king needed, the Bankers stopped wanting to lend money to the King. Adding on, living in France became way more expensive thanks to crop failures.

May 5, 1789

Meeting the Estates General

The Estates-General assembly occurred in Versailles because the king wanted to find a solution to the economic crisis that was occurring on in the country. This assembly included the three estates, they were informed that this was the chance for them to have a word in what was happening in France but it turned out not to be the truth, the king still made the final decision.

Jun 17, 1789

The National Assembly & The Tennis Court Oath

Thanks to the peasants not being heard in the Estates-General assembly, the representatives of the third estate joined together in a tennis court and formed the National Assembly, taking a lot of King Louis XVI’s power away which started a representative form of government.

Jul 14, 1789

Storming of the Bastille

A group of people stormed the Bastille, a prison in Paris, the 3rd estate started off by killing the guards and looking for guns (including gunpowder). The fall of the Bastille became a symbolic act of the French Revolution because this prison symbolized the power of the monarchs.

Aug 4, 1789

No more divisions between estates

Some Noblemen joined the National Assembl, now the first and second estates' tax privileges are abolished. Feudalism has now ended.

Aug 27, 1789

The Declaration of Rights of a Man and of a Citizen

This is the date when The Declaration of Rights of a Man and of a Citizen was written.

Oct 5, 1789

Bread Riots

Prices of bread rose a ton thanks to bad weather, and as a result, thousands of women from Paris (influding males) marched to the Castle of Versailles, they got the king King Louis XVI and queen (Marie Antoinette) to go to Paris and they were forced to go.

Oct 3, 1790

Assembly reformation

The assembly reforms in France

Jun 3, 1791

Fleeing from France

The Royal family attempts to flee France.

Sep 3, 1791

New Constitution

A new constitution was written by national assembly, (constitutional monarchy) and also a Legislative Assembly created

Apr 3, 1792

War Declaration

The Legislative declares war on Austria and Prussia.

Apr 3, 1792

Prussia vs Revolutionaries

The Prussian troops were fighting in Paris and the Prussian commander threatened to destroy the city, if the revolutionaries harmed any member of the royal family, (the king or queen or their sons) because of this, the revolutionaires headed to Tuileries, this was a palace where the family was staying. The peseants killed the guards and imprisoned the whole royal family.

Sep 3, 1792

Jacobins Takes Over the Government

There were rumors going around that the supporters of the King were planning to escape the prisons and try to take control of the city again. So the citizens acted. They raided the prisons and killed over 1,000 prisoners which included nobles, priests and royalist sympathizers. But also, Jacobins takes over the government.

Sep 21, 1792

No more Monarchy

France finally got rid of monarchy.

Jan 21, 1793

Royal Family dead

The royal family is finally executed with a Guillotine, thanks to them being hated by the people.

Feb 2, 1793

Eager french for war

The National Convention ordered a draft of about 300,000 French citizens to fight in the war against Great Britain, Holland, Spain, Austria and Prussia.