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Meeting of the Estates General
The Estates-General (or States-General) of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate). -
Voted to establish the Nacional Assembly
During the French Revolution, the National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale), which existed from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789, was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate (the common people) of the Estates-General. -
Storming of the Batille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. -
Feudalism ending
One of the central events of the French Revolution was to abolish feudalism, and the old rules, taxes and privileges left over from the age of feudalism. -
Declaration of right of men and of the citizen
McLean, Iain. " Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Déclaration des Droits in The Future of Liberal Democracy: Thomas Jefferson and the Contemporary World create "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen". -
Bread riots in France
Financial: France's debt, aggravated by French involvement in the American Revolution, led Louis XVI to implement new taxations and to reduce privileges. -
Royal family attept to flee
A royal family decides to leave because of doubt in French Governmental control -
New constitution (The 3 Governmental Branches)
The French Revolution was an influential period of social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and from a monarch they developed a 3-branch government. -
Legislative Assembly declareds war on Austria and Russia
In April 1792 the Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria-Hungary, providing the following reasons:
Considering that the Court of Vienna, in contempt of treaties, has continued to grant open protection to the French rebels;
That it has instigated and formed a concert with several European powers against the independence and security of the French nation;
That Francis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, has refused… to renounce such concert -
Abolish of the Monarchy (accomplish revolution)
During the French Revolution, the proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy was a proclamation by the National Convention of France announcing that it had abolished the French monarchy on 21 September 1792.