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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.
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King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the Third Estate. Had not met in 175 years.
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This must have been a stepping stone to the creation of the revolution.
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This was the result of the growing discontent of the Third Estate. It was a formal opposition of the monarchy.
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It was attacked for gunpowder and weaponry.
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It was considered an "aristocrat conspiracy" that would overthrow the Third Estate.
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The monarchy and social pyramid were overthrown.
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This stated that people have natural rights which include liberty and political equality.
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This showed the monarchy that is was oblivious to the people's suffering and that prices were too high and bread was scarce.
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It was a failed attempt at escaping from Paris to start a counter-revolution.
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This established popular sovereignty.
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The King vetoed radical measures.
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This threatened the French by saying that if the royal family was harmed, the French civilians would be harmed too.
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A mob attacked the palace backed by the Paris Commune.
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Revolutionary Government votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first Republic. Royal family imprisoned.
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France turns the tide of the war and takes the offensive against the invaders.
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He was the first victim of the Reign of Terror and was guillotined.
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It protected the new republic against foreign attacks.
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This events showed a weakening of individual freedoms.
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Robespierre was guillotined without trial. His death was the symbol of the end of the Reign of Terror.
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It became one of the French Revolution's governing bodies.
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He reorganized the army and restructured his defense.
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He gained approval of the French voters and thus established the Second Empire.
