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10 Important Moments in the French Revolution
This time graph contains the 10 most important moments in the French Revolution. -
King Louis the XVI calls the Estates General
On July 1789 Comptroller-General Lomiene de Brienne proposes an idea to the Parliament du Paris to register the tax property on all three estates, They refused. This created a year long bloody war between the royal government and the parliaments. Then on July 5, 1788, Louis XVI finally gives in to the demands of the nobility and called a edict calling the Estates General to meet in May -
Tennis Court Oath
The new clamed National Assembly woke up the next morning to find there meeting hall locked. At the suggestion of the delegates they moved to a nearby tennis court where they created The Tennis Court Oath. Louis hearing rumors about this oath callled a meeting of all three orders. King Louis ordered for the third estate to disperse. They refused and one of the delegates declared "We are here at the will of people, .... and .... shall not stir from are seats unless forced to do so by bayonets." -
Storming of the Bastille
On the 14 of July 1789 an large angry mob stormed the Bastille. The Bastille was a prison that looked like a medival castle. Luckily the mobs numbers overwelmed the heavily armed guards. In the end this was a big win for the rebelion because not only did they find loads of ammunition and weapons such as muskets, the 7 prisoners they set free became an icon to the french rebelion. -
The King formally Recognizes the National Assembly
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The clergy is put under government control
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King Louis XVI attemps to flee to Austria
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Rebulic replaces Monarchy
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Execution of Louis XVI
On the 21 of January 1793, 10:15 Am King Louis XVI was sent to the guillotine. After he was executed some of the people watching soaked there clothes in his blood. -
Monarchy Falls
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The Reign of Terror begins