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Storming of the Bastille
A group of people, commoners, from the Third Estate had stormed Pairs, specifically Bastille, and destroyed Bastille by dismantaling the prison. Due to this event, the National Assembly had been saved due to Louis XVI not being able to trust his royal troops no longer. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen Adopted
This declaration was adopted by the National Assembly. It is based of the English Bill of Rights and the American Declaration of Independence. It allowed all citizens to all have an equal ability in creating laws. It also ended the exemptions for certain groups of people from taxs. -
Louis XVI's Death
After a close vote on deciding weather the King should die or not, The National Conventioned passed a decree which declared that Louis XVI was to be killed by being beheaded by the guillotine. The killing of the king was crucial because it had outraged most of the royalty throughout Europe. -
Beginning of The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a effort by the Committe of Public Saftey and the National Convention in resposne to foreign and domestic attacks against France. During the Reign of Terror, Revolutionary Courts were set up to prosecute enemeis of the republic. -
End of the Regin of Terror
Due to Robespierre becoming very powerful and attempting to rid of France with anything that was corrupt, deputies in the Natioanl Convetion voted in favor of beheading Robespierre with the guillotine. The death of Robespierre marked the end of the Reign of Terror as revolutionary fervors cooled down.
