French Revolution

By Quamori

  • THE TENNIS COURT OATH

    THE TENNIS COURT OATH
    The Estates General was the general assembly of France. It was divided into three estates: the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate) and the rest of the population (Third Estate).

  • Storming The Bastille

    Storming The Bastille
    On this day the bastille was stormed by french peents

  • Abolition of Feudalsim

    Abolition of Feudalsim
    end of Feudalsim

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

    Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and this freed them from monarchs

  • WOMEN’S MARCH ON VERSAILLES

    WOMEN’S MARCH ON VERSAILLES
    Bad harvests in France had caused the price of flour to increase dramatically, which in turn raised the price of bread, the staple food of most French citizens. Many people in Paris were thus hungry and restless. On 5th October 1789, a large crowd of protesters, mostly women, began to assemble at Parisian markets.

  • ROYAL FLIGHT TO VARENNES

    King Louis XVI became wary of the direction in which the French Revolution was heading and he feared the safety of his family. However he was unable to take a strong stance as he was resistant to take any step that would see him openly side with foreign powers against the Assembly.