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The French Revolution
The French Revolution -
Estate General called in By The King
King calls the estate general into session to review and find a solution to the governments finacial crisis. The people in which who attended were the nobility, church, and the common people. Taken place in versallies. Before this time there were meeting since 1614. Through-out the argument the First and Second estate were having issues with the Third Estate. So with this the third estate had created the national assembly. -
Tennis Court Oath
During the estates general meeting, the Third Estate was denied entry to the main conference room in which the king and the First and Second estate met. Instead of attempting to get in, they decided to go to the tennis court, inwhich they had discussed there things. From there they signed a document inwhich was signed by 576 people out of 577. It was led by a Honoré Gabriel Riqueti. They were called the National Assembly. -
The Storming of Bastille
On July 17th 1789 a huge gang/mob of folks formed and had attempted to raid the Bastille. Which was an ancient prison in which had weapons and gunpowder. In the end they were sucessful on there raid and acquired lots of gun power and guns. On top of getting there gunpowder and guns is they had killed the governer and the leader of the Bastille. At the time the Bastille was a fortress. This attack had marked the beginning of the French Revolution. -
National Assembly Decrees Abolition of Feudalism
National Assembly had abolished feudalism which had taken away seignuerial rights of the second estate. It had consisted of 19 articles. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
On August 26 1789, was one of many reasons why the Third Estate was Fighting. They wanted equality and freedom. It had said that all men were born free. -
Women's March for Bread
One day, a gathering of women, started a getting angry due to the fact that the price on bread was risen. This anger grew to a mob in which they had marched to the king's palace to get there say in the bread. This had forced the king and his family back to paris because of the angry mob. People were starving, all because the king wanted more money. -
Abolition of Nobility and Titles
The abolition of Nobility and Titles had caused the second estate to lose power and aswell as the first estate which had lost only a certain amount of power. The third estate also known as the revolutionaires had accomplished this abolishment. -
Black citizens during the French Revolution
(French: Societe des amis des Noirs or Amis des Noirs) Also known as the Society of Friends of Blacks. Which was a group in which consisted of white folks who were abolitionists. The National Assembly in February 1794 all colonial slaves were freed. -
Beginning of the legislative Assembly
The legislative consisted of two groups, the Feuillants who were in favor by the constitutional monarchy which ment they wanted to limit the kings power. While the other group who were the Jacobins who wanted to take the king out and get a new government system. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was taken into the public and beheaded, by the famous guillotine. He was voted guilty with about 643 votes. -
Jacobin masses storm the Tuileries Palace
Thirty Thousand french citizens had ransacked Tuileries Palace. In there ransack they were looking for the king. But they were too late, he had fled with his family and had went into hiding. But regardless of the king gone they had killed everyone in the Palace. But later on the king was found and him and his family were all taken to prison. -
Committee of Public Safety established
Was created to pretty much watch over the power within colonies. It consisted of about 25 members. But once Maximillien and Jacobins had taken over it was a dictatorship. -
Beginning of the Reign of Terror
Once political conflict had began between the two political factions Jacobins and Girondins , a series of terror had broke out. In which the gullotine was a major usage to use to dispute things and kill people. -
End of the Reign of Terror
Once Maximillien Robespierre was imprisoned and killed the reign of terror had ended. After the National Convention had crossed him and sentenced him to the gullotine. All of his followers thought that the fighting must stop once he was gone. Then people began to relax. Danton rose was one person who had called for a stop to the terror. -
Creation of the Directorate
There was a new idea of the French Directorate in which was popular than the consititution. In 1795 the Directorate had became the new government in France. It consisted of five people who were chosen by the council of ancients. -
Napoleon Bonaparte named "First Consul", now the effective dictator
Napoleon was now the man in charge of France. He could now steer and put France on the right path for a great nation. -
Napoleon consecrated as Emperor
This was the most important day of Napoleons life. He was crowned as the leader and ruler of France by the pope. Celebrating his new royality. Making him the most powerful man in France.
