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Convocation of the Estates General
The first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates General. -
Tennis Court Oath
A oath made by the third Estate swearing that they wont seperate until a constitution had been written for France. -
Storming of the Bastille
French Revvolutionaries stormed the Bastille, a prison in Paris , and took all the weapons. -
Declaration of the rights of man and citizen
A fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
Womens March
The women stormed the castle searching for the grain the queen had hidden away. -
Champde Mars Massacre
The mass killing of civilans by Lafayette and his troops after they gathered to sign the petition demading the kings removal. -
Constitution of 1791
The French Constitution created by the National Assembly. It declared Franch to be a constitutional monarchy. -
Kings Excution.
Louis XVI was tried for high treason and killed, by means of the guillotine. He was the first victim of the reign of terror. -
Committee of public saftey.
Formed the De Facto executive government in France. They protected the newly established republic aganist foreign attacks and internal rebellion. -
End of the reign of terror.
The end of the period of violence that occured after the onset of the French Revolution.
