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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 atempt 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
The third estate refused to do what the king asked and they would not pay the extra tax money. They did not want things to stay the way King Louis wanted them. -
Tennis Court Oath
The third estate took a stance and had their own meeting and wouldnt give up until they had the same rights as the first estate. -
The Storming of the Bastille
The people of the third estate took weapons and began to attack the first and second estates. They fought for their natural rights that they equally deserved like the people in the other two estates. They attacked with guns and bombs. -
Great Fear Begins
A rumour about the king hiring foreign soldiers to punish the thord estate got out and the third estate began to panis. Peasants destroyed records and burned nobels' houses. -
National Assembly abolishes feudalism with August decrees
This eliminated the first estatesd legal privileges, this showed that things were finally starting to look up for the third estate. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
This was a lot like the American Bill of Rights, this showed how the Americans way of government had an impact on France. With this document the french were given liberty, equality, and fraternity. This however did not apply to women. -
Women of Paris March to Versailles for Bread
The women of France (7000 of them) marched from Paris to Versailles and broke into the palace. This showed how the french women also began to take a stance for their freedom just like the men did. -
Royal Family's Flight from Varennes
This encouraged people to begin to take bolder steps and they began to pass many measures. This showed how people were really anxious to get their rights. -
New Constitution Adopted
This helped the third estate get their voting rights, these rights would also be in favor to the third estate not only the first and second estates. -
Beginning the Legislative Assembly
This showed how the King and Queen's power was no longer very strong and important, they began to have less and less power so they thought they were no longer safe and fled. -
Brunswick Manifesto warns that the Royal Family must not be harmed or else ..
This was important because the royal family was being threatend and they needed to find a way to keep safe from the rebels. -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
The Tuileries Palace was mobbed by the citizens and were now known as the common people. This showed how the people were finally equal to the king. -
French Monarchy is officially Abolished
Revolutionary government votes to abolish the monarchy and esablish the first republic. The royal family was imprisoned. -
Frech 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
The people of France chopped off the king's head infront of all his citizens to show how powerless he now was. -
Law of Suspects passes beginning of the Reign of Terror in France
This showed how people were getting paronoid with power after the French Revolution. -
End of the Reign of Terror - Execution of Robespierre
This inspired hope for the third estate because they were no longer like outcasts when it came to money. This showed how now everyone was in power. -
National Convention is dissolved and the creation of the Directorate
This completely got rid of monarchy in France. It also got rid of the Legislative Assembly and the third estate was able to vote again. There was a new convention which showed how everyone was on board with everything. -
Napoleon named First Consul
While he was first consul france was in turmoil povery and corruption ws being spread throughout the whole country. -
Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of France
This was a good thing because Napoleon did not do a good job as First Consul, he led the country to poverty and now that he's gone the country can get better.
