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Estates General Convened by King
King Louis XVI gathered all Estates together to discuss and to try to pass reforms. This was the first time in 175 years that all of the Estates were gathered together as one. -
Tennis Court Oath
When members of the third Estate had went against King Louis XVI because they did not want to follow the old fashion way of voting, King Louis got enraged with anger and locked the third Estate out and banned them from the assembly. The third Estate then refused to leave and stayed in the tennis courts of Versailles. This was the first sign of revolutionary authority. -
Storming of Bastille
Bastille, a prison with less than eleven prisoners, was attacked by a mob of people from the third Estate that were in search of gun powder because they had the thought that King Louis XVI was trying to attack them for he had placed soldiers in Versailles and Paris because he wanted to preserve the monarchy even if it was by force. -
National Assembly Decrees Abolition of Feudalism
The National Assembly, which was made up of the Third Estate, had declared on the abolition of feudalism, which was holding land in exchage for labor, slavery basically. This was a great step forward towards the goals of the revolutionists, allowing almost half of the popular of the Third Estate to be free of feudalism. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The National Assembly had officially decreed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, which gave rights to liberty, property, security, and the ability to resist when one feels their rights are being tampered with. This was initially what the revolution was for, for the equal rights to man. To obtain equality and fair treatment towards every man. -
Women's March for Bread
The women of Paris, France had rioted on October 5th of 1789 over the high price and scarce supply of bread. Bread was really the staple of food in France, and considering how 98% of the population of France was made up of lower class/Third Estate people, they had a very difficult time buying the bread. -
Abolition of Titles
On June 19th of 1790, the titles of nobles and upper class people stripping themof their privledges that their titles had given them. This was one step closer to having equality take over France. -
Blacks of French Colonies Get Equal Rights
In Februray of 1794,the National Assembly legislated the Universal Emancipation decree, which had freed all colonial slaves. This was a huge step forward for total equality in France. -
Beginning of Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly was made up of the the democratic Jacobi Club and the bourgeoise. The Lesgislative Assembly was a group of people who drafted debated and passed laws. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was beheaded on the guillotine on January 21 of 1792, at Place de la Revolution. This was a huge step forward in the French Revolution. Now with the King dead, the people can go about and continue their revolution with no hestitation or restriction. Also because King Louis XVI was initially the person who made the Third Estate suffer so badly. -
Jacobin Storm Tuileries Palace
A huge rumor going around that the king was going to intentionally slash the third estates' wages in half had enraged the third estate, because of this they stormed the Tuileries Palace which made the King and his family flee for safety, and burned everything in sight. This was significant for it truly showed how the Third Estate was standing up for what was right with gruesome force. -
Committee of Public Safety
In April 6th, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety was established. The Committee of Public Safety's main goal was to protect any newly established republic against any foreign attacks. This protected and kept the new republic in France strong. -
Beginning of Reign of Terror
When the French revolution entered a phase of political conflict, the guillotine became the more common method of settling fights. The Law of Suspects allowed the creation of tribunals to try and execute anyone who did not agree with the French Republic. -
End of Reign of Terror
Robespierre is arrested nad exectued ending the Reign of Terror. Robespierre was ordered to be arrested by the Convention. He was charged with dictatorship and tyranny. -
Creation of Directorate
The Directorate became France's executive power. It had worked for about 5 years, but was replaced with Consulet later on. -
Napoleon as Dictator
In November 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte was the new effective dictator that instituted several reforms. Those of which included higher education system, a tax system, a control bank, and etc. This was a good impact on France for Napoleon because he stabilized France's new government. Art had flourished and France did economically well during his ruling. -
Napoleon Consecrated as Emperor
Napoleon on December 2nd, 1799 was made Emperor, however he was the one who crowned himself as emperor. He had claimed that he seized the crown from Pope Pius VII. There was also legal reform during his reign, which was called the Napoleon code.
