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Meeting of the Estates General
King Louis XVI approved the first meeting of the Estates-General in 175 years. It was to approve a new tax plan. Three Poitevin curés decide to join the Third Estate, leaving the Chambers of the Clergy. Accepting the proposition of the delegate Abbé Sieyès, the Third Estate proclaims itself "The National Assembly. -
A new consitution
The National Assembly appoints a committee of thirty members to draft a constitution. The National Assembly proclaims itself the Constituent National Assembly, with full authority and power to decree laws; their primary task is to draw up and adopt a constitution. -
The Declaration
The Declaration of the Rights of Man was issued by The National Assembly. France's new Declaration declared that all men are born free with equal rights of liberty, property, security, resistance to oppression, justice, speech and religion. -
The Women Invade
Women however, had no given rights in the new Declaration. In result of this, the women of Paris invaded Versailles. Parisians, led by a large number of women, march upon Versailles and force the royal family back to Paris, where they take up residence at the Tuileries. Louis XVI is considered by many a "Prisoner" in Paris. The Assembly, still in Versailles, declares, in the spirit of constitutional monarchy, its inseparability from the king. -
France at War
The French were becoming concerned about the agitation of émigré nobles abroad, especially in the Austrian Netherlands.
France declared war on Austria first. Austria was their former allies, but now their ties were broken. -
The Royal Family Flees
As the revoluation gained intensity, it became obvious that there was a threat towards Louis and his family. To avoid being tried and put to death, Louis XVI and his family attempted to flee from France to Austria but were arrested. -
National Draft
A National Draft was issued calling for all able-bodied men to enlist in the army. Men that were drafted were 16-40 years of age. -
Louis Trail
Louis was tried for treason against France. Commencement of the trial of Louis XVI took part in December. He was found guilty, and Louis XVI sentenced to the guillotine. -
The Terror
After the death for Louis, Roespierre took stand as a dictator of France. He slowly grew to be a violent and ruthless man that even his fellow members of the Nation Convention feared. The section in time Roespierre was in power became known as the Reign of Terror. The court sentenced 20,000 to 40,000 people to death. It lasted from September of 1793 to June 1794. -
Robespierre's End
The National Convention arrested Robespierre. The next day he was sentenced and Robespierre was beheaded which ended the Reign of Terror and brought rise to a new leader in France, Neopolian.
