French Revolution

Causes of the French Revolution

Jan 1, 1789

1.Social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie
2.Louis 16 was an ineffective ruler
3.Bankruptcy (Marie Antoinette & wars) https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist151s03/french_rev_causes_consequences.htm

National Assembly Created

Jun 17, 1789

1.Used to be the Third Estate representatives
2.Was going to create a new constitution

Tennis Court Oath

Jun 20, 1789

1.National Assembly got locked out
2.An oath taken at a tennis court near Versailles

Attack on the Bastille

Jul 14, 1789

1.Mobs came to get prisoners taken by the king, and gun powder
2.800 men destroyed the Bastille by hand

D.R.M.

Aug 26, 1789

1.Created by National Assembly
2.First step to writing a constitution for France

The Bread March

Oct 5, 1789

1.It was a mob of 6,000 women
2.They marched to Versailles

Royal Escape

Jun 21, 1791

1.King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette not wanting to lose their reign of absolute monarch
2.They failed to flee Paris.

Death of King Louis 16

Jan 21, 1793

1.The National Assembly decided the only way to have the revolution was to kill the king
2.King Louis 16th was executed in public at Place de la Concorde

Reign of Terror

Feb 27, 1793

1.Executions of enemies of the state
2.Anyone suspected of being against the revolution was killed

Napoleon Bonapart Dictator

May 18, 1804

1.He was very effective
2.He was in the military