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French Revolution

  • Convocation of the Estates General

    Convocation of the Estates General

    The first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates General.
  • Tennis Court Oath

    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

    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

    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

    Womens March

    The women stormed the castle searching for the grain the queen had hidden away.
  • Champde Mars Massacre

    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

    Constitution of 1791

    The French Constitution created by the National Assembly. It declared Franch to be a constitutional monarchy.
  • Kings Excution.

    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.

    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.

    End of the reign of terror.

    The end of the period of violence that occured after the onset of the French Revolution.

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