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Nobility forces king louis xvi to call the estates general into session>
the king was in trouble. the nobility was not happy with his attempt to tax thier estate. nobility wanted to pass the cost once again on the third estate -
estates general meets in paris
king louis vxi calls body into session to approve a new tax on the 3rd estate. has not met in 175 years. -
third estate refused to abide the kings one vote for each estate order
third estate declared themselfs the national assembly of france -
tennis court oath
third estate held a metting of their own at the tennis court after being locked out of the meeting hall -
the storming of the bastille
marquis bernard and several of his guards got killed. 80 veteran soldiers got wounded. the third estate got access to guns and cannons. -
great fear begins
peasents rose against their lords, the gathering of troops around paris provoked the unsurrection of the peasents -
national assembly abolishes feudalism with august decrees
abolition of the federal feudal regima and of the tithe god decreed, but the king refused to sanction the decrees. -
declaration of the rights of man
people gained liberty, equality, involvability of property, and resist opresion -
women of paris march to veraailles for bread
they forced the royal family back to paris where they took up residents at the tailories, and they demanded bread -
royal family's flight from varennes
king got stopped at varennes trying to flee the country. destination was the fortress town of Montmedy where he hoped to initiate a counter revolution -
new constitution adopted
gave liberty to the right people, and the king owned 1/3 of the gov't and liberal bourgeoisie controls it -
beginning of legislative assembly
the legislative assembly provided the focus of liberal debate and revolutionary law/making betweenthe national constitutnt assembly and the national convention -
Brunswick Manifesto warns that royal family must not be harmed or else...
brunswick threatens paris that the royal family is harmed then the french civilians would be harmed. also this was meant to intimidate the french. -
storming of the tuileries palace
a crowd of 20,000 men and women stormed thepalace. they were determined to de-throne louis. -
french is abolished
revolutionary gov't votes to abolish the monarchy and established the first republic. royal family imprisoned. -
rench defeat foreign invaders (austria and prussia)
france turns the tides of the war and takes the offensive against the invaders -
the execution of king louis xvi in paris
after events, louis was arrested, intenred in the temple prison with his family -
committee of public safety established
the new committee was to provide for the defence of the nation against enemies -
law os suspects passes- beginning of the reign of terror in france
the decree was passed during the reign of terror. the revolution took a drastic change. also led to revoltionary paranoia. -
end of the reign of terror- execution of robespierre
His supporters called him Incorruptible, however, his adversaries called him a bloodthirsty dictator. he advocated against the death penalty and for the abolition of slavery, and supported equality of rights -
national convention is dissolved and the creation of the directorate
king was placed on trial. montagnards were eager to execute the king in order to prevent another monarchy from happening -
napoleon named first consul
the directory was replaced by a three-member Consulate, and napoleon was the first. napoleon took over in a coup d'etat on 18 brumaire. -
coronation of napoleon bonaparte as emperormof france
people wondered that france should become an empire. france became an empire. napoleon gave himself the crown. he wanted to make his own power permanent.
