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Meeting of the Estates General
A Estates General met at Versailles, called by the king Louis XVI to discuss and to approve about the new tax plan. The first and the secound estates come together and out vote the third estates with 2 to 1. It has beed 175 years since the last meeting. Each estates get one vote and the third estate eanted more vote because they have more people. In june 17, 1789 the third estate became the National Assembly and have the right to make law for french.Got kided out and met at Tennis Court. -
Creation of the National Assembly
After the Metting of the Estates General Assembly the Third Estates come together and began to called them self the National Assembly and began the French Revolution. They ask the first and Secound to join. There were few Liberal Nobles and many Clergy that join them. Then the Third Estates got locked out of the Metting. They move to a tennis court and they took the OATH OF THE TENNIS COURT. -
Storming of the Bastille
Angry demonstrators took the Bastille, a medieval paris fort where king Louis XVI imprisoned his enemies. The riot launched the French Revolution. A symbol of the despotion of the ruling Britannic. Marching to the Bastille, ask for gun powder and help form the building and wtinately seizing control of it. Bastille was a old prison for enemies. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Basic principles of the french revolution, Libery, Equality, and Fraternity [Brotherhood]. Inspiration from the English Bill of Right. -
Creation of the National Convention
It vote itself out of existence and called for the election for a new legishatur, the National Convention. First acts, abolishing the monarchy and declaring france a republic. Same day, french won a battle against the foregin invades. Inspired hope in the revolutionory troops. The Basic princiles were libery, equality, and franternity[brotherhood]. 7000 woman marched the palace. To demened bread because they were hunger. Sized church land and sold them to pay off french debt. -
Execution of the King
Ordered from National Convention. At the place de la revolution in paris. Kill by the Guillotine. Outside the french, europeans reacted with horror. The london times newspaper condemned the revolution and the execution of the king as savagery. -
Reign of Terror
The Committee of Public Safety unleashed the Reign of Terror. To elimnate all the revolutions enemies-real and imagined. This creating a wave of fear throughtout the country.The victms were from all the people, it did't care if you were higher from the estates. The people got there head cut off. what they use to cut there heads off was called the Guillotine, it was made by Dr.Guillotine. The people were scary that the king would punish them. After this ened there was a New Government. -
Execution of the Queen Marie Antoinette
Marie ANtoninette was born in Vienna (Austria) on November 2, 1755. She was the fourth daughter of the Emperor Francis 1st of Lorraine and Maria Theresa of Austria, at the head of the Habsburg dynasty. His Dad died in August 1765, and leaving his wife and his elder son to took over of his empire together. To made the relationships with France better , Marie Antoinette was asked to marry Louis Auguste, the prince of France. Marie Antoinete was beheading. Kill by the Guillotine. -
Coup d'etat
Armed supporters of Napoleon sursuded the directory legislature and forced members toturn the government over to napoleon
