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King Louis 16th
King Louis XVI of France had a wife from Austria who's name was Marie Antoinette. They both lived at the palace of Versailles outside of Paris, France. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France & my notes . -
ESTATES GENERAL
The First Estate was the Clergy and made up 1% of the population. The Second Estate was the Nobility and made up 2% of the population. The other 97% of the population was in the Third Estate. -
TENNIS COURT OATH
The National Assembly was forced to meet at a nearby tennis court. The plan was to create a document with rights. -
STORMING OF THE BASTILLE
The city of Paris had their gun powder supply at a fort called the Bastille. Thousands of Parisians attack the fort. -
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF MAN AND THE CITIZEN
This declaration is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human rights. It defines the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal. Rights of Man -
BREAD MARCH
The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the morning of 5 October 1789, were near rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread. Their demonstrations quickly became intertwined with the activities of revolutionaries who were seeking liberal political reforms and a constitutional monarchy for France. <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citi -
ROYAL FAMILY ESCAPE AND ARREST
The escape was planned for June 20, 1791. Dressed as servants, the royal family left Paris. However, their escape was not well planned and they were arrested at Varennes on the evening of June 21. The royal family was brought back to Paris. The Assembly imprisoned Louis and his wife Marie Antoinette, and suspended the king from his duty. ROYAL FAMILY -
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY IS FORMED
At this point, the king is not the only ruler. The new Legislative Assembly met for the first time on October 1791. Under the Constitution of 1791, France was a Constitutional Monarchy. Legislative_Assembly -
ASSEMBLY DECLARES WAR ON AUSTRIA
The French armies lacked organization and discipline, and many noble officers had emigrated. The allied Austrian and Prussian forces quickly crossed the frontier and began to march on Paris. -
PARIS COMMUNE ATTACKS TUILERIES
The people were turning against King Louis XVI. On 10 August 1792, the members of a revolutionary group called the Paris Commune attacked the Tuileries, where the King and Queen were living. The King and Queen were taken prisoner. -
PRUSSIA INVADES FRANCE
Austria and Prussia didn't like the fact that France was turning to a republican government since Austria and Prussia themselves were absolute monarchists. If France were to succeeded as a democracy in Europe, Prussia and Austria were afraid that they would have their own revolutions soon. Because they didn't want their citizens to see a "bad example", they attacked France. PRUSSIA INVADES FRANCE -
NATIONAL CONVENTION IS FORMED
The Legislative Assembly had lost all its power. A new government was needed. On 20 September 1792, the National Convention was formed. NATIONAL CONVENTION -
KING LOUIS XVI WAS EXECUTED
The Brunswick Manifesto had made many people suspicious of the king. They thought he was plotting with the Prussian and Austrian rulers to invade France. In January 1793, the National Convention voted and found Louis XVI guilty of “conspiracy against the public liberty and the general safety.” On January 21st, 1793, King Louis XVI was executed using the guillotine. -
COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR THE TERROR
A Jacobin called Maximilien de Robespierre and eight other leading Jacobins set up the Committee of Public Safety. It was the most powerful group in France. TERROR -
EXECUTION OF ROBESPIERRE
By July 1794, people began to turn against Maximilien de Robespierre. He and his Revolutionary Tribunal had killed 1,300 people in six weeks. THERMIDORIAN -
THE DIRECTORY
The new constitution had created the Directory, which was the first government of France to be bicameral. This group was in charge and was called the Directory. It lasted 2 November 1795 until 10 November 1799, a period commonly known as the "Directory era." It was overthrown by Napoleon,
