French Revolution

By koempela
  • Louis XIV spends $100 million to build palace at Versaillers.

    Louis XIV spends $100 million to build palace at Versaillers.

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  • Louis XIV dies leaving France in bedt.

    Louis XIV dies leaving France in bedt.

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  • Enlightenment or Age of Reason reaches its height.

    Enlightenment or Age of Reason reaches its height.

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  • Louis XVI marries Austrian Marie Antoinette.

    Louis XVI marries Austrian Marie Antoinette.

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  • Louis XV dies also leaving France in debt from wars fought during his reign. Louis XVI takes over.

    Louis XV dies also leaving France in debt from wars fought during his reign. Louis XVI takes over.

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  • Declaration of Independance is written and the colonists win American Revolution in 1781

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  • Declaration of Rights of Man written guarunteeing freedoms of equality, press, religion & justice.

    Declaration of Rights of Man written guarunteeing freedoms of equality, press, religion & justice.

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  • The Third Estate declared themselves the National Assembly and made the Tennis Court Oath.

    The Third Estate declared themselves the National Assembly and made the Tennis Court Oath.

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  • Peasants mad about new tax plan; Louis calls first meeting of Estates-General in 175 years.

    Peasants mad about new tax plan; Louis calls first meeting of Estates-General in 175 years.

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  • Fearing Louis would use force to dismiss the National Assembly, the people of Paris stormed the Bastille; tore it down. The great fear starts shortly after.

    Fearing Louis would use force to dismiss the National Assembly, the people of Paris stormed the Bastille; tore it down. The great fear starts shortly after.

    Day and month aren't given only year.
  • Royal family attemps to escape but are caught and arrested.

    Royal family attemps to escape but are caught and arrested.

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  • Guillotine is introduced.

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  • King Louis is executed by guillotine.

    King Louis is executed by guillotine.

  • Jean-Paul Marat, member of radical political group Jacobins, is stabbed in bathtub by Charlotte Corday.

    Jean-Paul Marat, member of radical political group Jacobins, is stabbed in bathtub by Charlotte Corday.

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  • Jacobin leader Maximillien Robespierre is slowly gaining power- wants to erase France's past; becomes leader of Committee of Public Safety and rules France for next year like a dictator- His rule was known as the Reign of Terror.

    Jacobin leader Maximillien Robespierre is slowly gaining power- wants to erase France's past; becomes leader of Committee of Public Safety and rules France for next year like a dictator- His rule was known as the Reign of Terror.

    No day or month is given.
  • Marie Antoinette is executed by guillotine.

    Marie Antoinette is executed by guillotine.

  • Robespierre is executed by guillotine ending radical phase of revolution.

    Robespierre is executed by guillotine ending radical phase of revolution.