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King Louis 16 getting married
Louis Auguste, Dauphin of France, and Marie Antoinette, an Austrian archduchess, were married on 16 May 1770 , they were about the same age [15-16] years. -
King Louis 16 becoming king
Ruled after death of King Louis XV. ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. -
Marie antoinette Execution
Marie was treated very badly while in "jail". She had always been hated by the people of france. When the day came for Marie to die, all her hair was cut of, and she was very unrecognizable. She was taken down the streets of paris in a jail cart, it was open so she could hear all the horrable things people said. She arrived at the guillotine and had her head cut off. -
National assembly being created
During the French Revolution,was a transitional body between the Estates-General and the National Constituent Assembly
The Estates-General had been called in May of 1789 to deal with France's financial crisis,Its members had been elected to represent the estates of the realm: the First Estate (the clergy), the Second Estate (the nobility) and the Third Estate represented all of the commoners and, in practice, represented the bourgeoisie). The Third Estate had been granted double representation -
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National Assembly being created
During the French Revolution,was a transitional body between the Estates-General and the National Constituent Assembly
The Estates-General had been called in May of 1789 to deal with France's financial crisis,Its members had been elected to represent the estates of the realm: the First Estate (the clergy), the Second Estate (the nobility) and the Third Estate represented all of the commoners and, in practice, represented the bourgeoisie). The Third Estate had been granted double representation -
Few Noble and Clergy Joined
A few liberal nobles and many clergy join the movement of the Third Estate. -
Tennis Coart Oath
On 17 June 1789 this group, led by Honore Gabriel Riqueti, began to call themselves the National Assembly.On the morning of June 20, they were shocked to discover that the door was locked and guarded by soldiers.Immediately fearing the worst and anxious that a royal attack by King Louis XVI was coming they met in a nearby indoor real tennis court where they took a solem oath "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, untill the declaration of rightsof man was established -
Storming of the bastille
July 14, 1789. A huge, bloodthirsty mob marched to the Bastille, searching for gun powder and prisoners that had been taken by the unpopular and hated King, Louis XVI The flying rumors of attacks from the government and the truth of starvation were just too much for the angry crowds. -
Creation of the declaration of the rights of man
The last article of Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was adopted 26 August 1789[2] by the National Constituent Assembly during the period of the French Revolution, as the first step toward writing a constitution for France It was prepared and proposed by the Marquis de Lafayette -
Royal family trying to ecscape
King louis XVI wanted to try and escape because he hated being treated as a prisoner in his castle. He also hated losing his power, so he thought he could escape paris and gather forces in northeast of france. But that failed when the people found out he and his family left, so the people began to look out for them, and they where soon caught. -
France going into war w/ Austria&Prussia
France went to war with Austria and prussia because they where helping the King and Queen planning to escape. France did not want this because then the King and Queen may be able to gain their power back. The war lasted from 1792-1797. -
King L XVII
although the monarchy had been disabled king louis XVI's nefew had made his way to king. He tried to take down napoleon and did then he orderd his army to kill napoleon but they refused, and killed the king instead. -
King Louis 16 DEATH
That night King louis XVI was going to be killed he spent it saying good bye to his wife and children. he was taken off to a 2 hour drive to the place of his death. The king tried to make a speech but nobody wanted to hear it so they quieted him by screaming and the sound of drumbs playing. Soon after he was killed. -
Reign of terror
the reign of terror was a one year period where over 40,000 frencn-men where killed because they where accused of treason or not believing in the new constitution. Robespierre was the man controlling everthing and all the terror. He wanted to continue with the terror because he wanted their enemys to fear them. -
Robespierre being killed
Robespierre was liked very much by the french people. He helped them in lots of ways. Robespierre never ment to increase the terror in france but did. Also he made a list of people to kill and didnt tell anyone. They put him to death in July of 1794. -
Napoleon and Bonaparte becoming french leader
Napoleon overthrough the french government in 1799, he was only 30 years old. Napoleon made all the enlightenment ideas laws it was called napoleon code, and that made him very popular. Napoleon was an execllent general which also made him popular with the french people. But other monarchs hated him.
