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Convocation of General Estates
There were three estates in the population, the clergy (0.5%), the nobility (1.5%) and everyone else (98%). 98% of France was enduring a famine and they asked the General estates to use the little money France had to feed its people. Essentially the 2 minorities had the same weight in voting as the majority and they decidedFrance would not act any differently. This was extremely important as the population realized they corpulento count on the current system to help their situation. -
National Assembly is formed
After the General Estates ignored them, the majority, the representatives of everyone who wasn’t clergy or nobility created the National Assembly. This assembly was formed by the Third Estate and some nobility members. They began to meet separately from the General Estates to discuss what should be done with the country’s current situation. This was important because it was the beginning of the revolution of France. -
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Tennis Court Oath
The King, Louis XVI was against the National Assembly so he prohibited their meetings in the Salle de États. The National Assembly decided to meet in the tennis court inside the Versailles Palace. In here they agreed “not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established.” This was the Tennis Court Oath. This was paramount because it confirmed the faith of the people in not giving up until they had reached the outcome they wanted. -
Storming of the Bastille
The King sent troops to Paris to stop the unrest in the city. There had been riots in the city dueto the economic crisis going on. This lead to some revolutionaries storming into the batidle and stealing weapons and 7 prisoners to challenge the monarchy’s abuse of power. This is an important event because it is thought of as the day which marked the beginning of the revolution. -
Monarchs Flee
The King and Queen tried to flee France after protests continued to raise. Specifically when the women marched to Versailles demanding the Monarchs moved to Paris so they could not harbor grain.They tired to flee France with the hopes of creating a counter revolution, however they were captured in Varennes and brought back to Paris. This is important because it led to more hatred to the monarchy and to the King himself. It fueled the rebellion. -
Louis XVI Executed
The execution of King Louis marked the end of a thousand year absolute monarchy system. This event made the revolution an even bolder moment for the people of France. A few months later his wife Marie Antoinette was also executed. This was an very important moment in the revolution because it symbolized a new beginning for the political structure of France, the beginning of democracy. -
Reign of Terror
A period of one year were people in France were being executed for having ideas against the revolution. Eventually these executions began to take place without trials or evidence of conspiracies. About 16,000 people were killed on the guillotine. This was an important event in the Régulo tino because it was the cause for the counter rebellion taken place soon after. -
Royalist Uprising
The Reign of Terror tried to radicalize even further the revolution. Many people were stripped from their goods, including the church. This lead to tensions from the formerly rich and so an uprising began. This is an important event because it was the open door for Napoleon to walk through. -
Napoleon defends revolutionary government
napoleon rose against the royalist who wanted to get rid of the new government which France found it self in. Napoleon was a very important military leader who grew France’s territory and gained much support from the revolutionaries. Napoleon was the general who helped the revolutionaries win the Revolution once and for all. This was important because napoleon would soon be the leader of the New France. -
Napoleon’s Coup d’État
When Napoleon returned to France from his Victories abroad, he realized the consulate was not very popular. Him and a couple of consulate members gathered to overthrow the consulate. He named himself first Consul making him France’s Leader. This is an important event as it marks the end of the French Revolution.
