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Tennis Court Oath was a dramatic act of resistance done by representatives of the less privileged classes of France during the meeting of the Estates-General at the beginning of the French Revolution. -
On 14 July 1789, a state prison in Paris was attacked by a very angry and aggressive mob. The prison became a symbol of the monarchy's rule. -
The National Constituent Assembly announced that they abolished the feudal system -
The French National Constituent Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, and it defined the peoples' rights at the time of the French Revolution.
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The Women's March on Versailles was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution -
The royal Flight to Varennes was significant in the French Revolution where King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette, and their family attempted and failed to escape from Paris -
After being convicted of conspiracy, King Louis is executed by the guillotine. -
The Reign of Terror was a period of the French Revolution when a series of massacres and numerous public executions happened -
The coup of 18 overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate. -
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts that lasted from 1792 to 1802.