French Revolution

Nobility forces King Louis XVI to call the estates General into session

Aug 8, 1788

the King was in trouble. The nobility was not happy with his attempt to tax their estate. Nobility wanted to pass the cost once again on the third estate.

Estate-General meets in paris

May 5, 1789

King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the 3rd Estate. Had not met in 175 years.

3rd Estate refused to abide by the kings one vote for each estate order

Jun 17, 1789

the third estate wanted to change the voting process.

Tennis court oath

Jun 20, 1789

The third estate would not leave the court until they had a written a constitution for France.

The storming of the bastille

Jul 14, 1789

orderd by the the king, the third estate ran over the bastille jail looking for wepons and to this day they celebrate the day of the storming of the bastille.

Great fear begins

Jul 17, 1789

the people who stormed the bastille, third estate was in fear of punishment from the first and second estates.

National assembly abolishes feudalism with august decrees

Aug 4, 1789

The National assembly came up with the decloration stating to all citzins of France direct princibles

Decloration of the rights of man

Aug 26, 1789

Eleminatied the first estates legal privleges.

Woman of paris march to Versailles for bread

Oct 5, 1789

7,000 woman of france marched through the versailles demanding bread and they resorted to mobing the palace

Royal family's flight from varennes

Jun 20, 1791

The royal family tryed tp escape from paris but were unsussuesful

New constitution adopted

Sep 3, 1791

the new constitution kept thr monarchy but serverly restricted the kings power.

beginning of legislative assembly

Oct 1, 1791

the assembly declared war and austria sent 50,000 troops to the french border.

Brunswisk Manifesto warns that royal family must not be harmed or else...

Jul 25, 1792

if the royal family was harmed it would provoke the war in france.

storming of the Tuileries palace

Aug 10, 1792

a mob stormed in ans killed the guards and went went into the palace and demoted louis and marie antonette.

French monarchy is offically abolished

Sep 22, 1792

Revolutionary Gov't votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first republic. royal family imprisoned

french defeat foregin invaders (austria and prussia) who are attempting to preserve the monarchy

Nov 6, 1792

France turns the tied of the war and takes the offensive against the invaders.

the execution of king Louis XVI in paris

Jan 21, 1793

after the national convention on the streets of paris the army lined up around the sight of were the king were to be executed at the guillotine.

Committee of public safety establishment

Apr 6, 1793

After the kings death they needed to insure the safety of the people of France and unmarried people at the ages of 18-45 had to join the army.

Law of suspects passes- Beginning of the regin of terror in France

Sep 17, 1793

the people of france feared that they would lose control over socity in france and lose all order.

End of the regin of terror- execution of Robespierre

Jul 27, 1794

they took robespierre into custidy and had him sent to the guillotine.

National convention is dissolved and the creation of the directorate

Oct 26, 1795

the directorate made all control of all local athority in fance by the central goverment.

Napoleon named first consul

Nov 9, 1799

napoleon was an arms suppler and thr goverment turned to him creating an event called the Coup d'etat.

coronation of Napoleon bonaparte as emperor of France

Dec 2, 1804

the people of france voted napoleon to be the new emperor of france.