French revolution

By Mike_Vic

  • March on Versailles

    march from Paris to Versailles in the hopes to get bread for it was too expensive for them to buy. They were armed with pitchforks and pikes and muskets. To the beat of a drum, the woman chanted “Bread! Bread!”- for despite the fertile French soil, the populace of Paris were starving while The King and Marie Antoinette continued to feast at their salubrious country’s gaffe.

  • Call of the Estate General

    The French Revolution started because of King Louis XVI. France was losing a plethora of money and was on the verge of bankruptcy. The reason why they were in this state is because King Louis XV spent a lot of money; King Louis XVI lavishly spent money and during the American Revolution France gave a generous contribution

  • Storming of the Bastille

    prison which is located in Paris, France. On the afternoon of the 14th of July 1789 the Bastille was stormed by an angry and aggressive mob. The Bastille in during the French Revolution was a symbol of power and the monarchy’s dictatorial rule. The Bastille only held seven prisoners at the time but the mob didn’t come for them. They came for the huge ammunition storages that were kept in the prison.

  • Royal Family attempts to flee

    The royal family attempted to flee Paris to
    Varennes. King Louis XVI realised that things
    were becoming too dangerous for them because of the Revolution. When they were
    caught in Varennes the trust of the revolutionary government to them faded
    completely and the revolutionary government became hostile towards to royal
    family.

  • Champ de mars massacre

    wan an
    event when the citizens of France rallied against the decision of the National
    Constituent Assembly that King Louis XVI was still the king, even though he was
    under a constitution. This ended in a massacre.Two days before Champ de mars
    massacre, the National
    Constituent Assembly issued a
    decree that King Louis XVI would
    remain king under a constitutional
    monarchy.

  • The First invasion of the Tuileries

    This is one of the Revolutionary turning points. On this day a little more than three years after the attack on the Bastille, the people of Paris laid siege on the Tuileries. The Tuileries was the official home of King Louis XVI and the Legislative Assembly.

  • Overthrow of the monarchy

    The overthrow of the monarchy occurred on the 10th of August 1792. This was the day in which the French revolutionaries over threw the monarchy because they found Louis XVI guilty of treason.

  • Execution of the King

    This was the day that King Louis XVI was executed by the guillotine. The revolutionaries made Marie Antoinette watch as the King lost his head

  • Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror was a period of about 6 months. The Reign of Terror was when most of the executions were done. It started after King Louis died and the first execution was Marie Antoinette. She was separated from King Louis and was just with her children. Her son Louis XVII suspiciously disappeared and they never saw him again.