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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 their estate. Nobility wanted to pass the cost once again on the Third Estate. -
Estate-General meets in Paris
King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the Third Estate. Had not met in 175 years. -
Third Estate refused to abide by the kings one vote for each estate order
This must have been a stepping stone to the creation of the revolution. -
Tennis Court Oath
This was the result of the growing discontent of the Third Estate. It was a formal opposition of the monarchy. -
The Storming of the Bastille
It was attacked for gunpowder and weaponry. -
Great Fear Begins
It was considered an "aristocrat conspiracy" that would overthrow the Third Estate. -
National Assembly abolishes Feudalism with August Decrees
The monarchy and social pyramid were overthrown. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
This stated that people have natural rights which include liberty and political equality. -
Women of Paris March to Versailles for Bread
This showed the monarchy that is was oblivious to the people's suffering and that prices were too high and bread was scarce. -
Royal Family's Flight from Varennes
It was a failed attempt at escaping from Paris to start a counter-revolution. -
New Constitution adopted
This established popular sovereignty. -
Beginning of Legislative Assembly
The King vetoed radical measures. -
Brunswick Manifesto warns that Royal family must no be harmed or else
This threatened the French by saying that if the royal family was harmed, the French civilians would be harmed too. -
Storming of the Tuileries
A mob attacked the palace backed by the Paris Commune. -
French Monarchy is officially abolished
Revolutionary Government votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first Republic. Royal family imprisoned. -
French defeat foreign invaders (Austria and Prussia) who are attempting to preserve the monarchy
France turns the tide of the war and takes the offensive against the invaders. -
The execution of King Louis XVI in Paris
He was the first victim of the Reign of Terror and was guillotined. -
Committee of Public Safety Established
It protected the new republic against foreign attacks. -
Law of Suspects Passes/ Beginning of the Reign of Terror in France
This events showed a weakening of individual freedoms. -
End of the Reign of Terror/ Execution of Robespierre
Robespierre was guillotined without trial. His death was the symbol of the end of the Reign of Terror. -
National Convention is dissolved and the creation of the Directorate
It became one of the French Revolution's governing bodies. -
Napoleon named First Consul
He reorganized the army and restructured his defense. -
Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of France
He gained approval of the French voters and thus established the Second Empire.
