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National Assembly
The National Assembly created the 3rd estate and caused the establishment of the representative government -
Storming the Bastille
After a giant mob of angry people marched into the Bastille after a few house of fighting the King withdrew his troops from the fight and surrendered -
The Great Fear
The Great Fear was a wave of peasant riots and violence that swept through France and caused rural panic and economic concerns -
Women's March on Versailles
The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, were near rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread. The market women and their various allies grew into a mob of thousands. Encouraged by revolutionary agitators, they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the Palace of Versailles and besieged the palace -
Flight to Varennes
The Flight to Varennes was when the King of France attempted to escape from Paris and went to a small town named Varennes to only to be recognized -
Dissolution of the National Assembly
The Dissolution of the National Assembly was when the National Assembly finally dissolved and they introduced the Legislative Assembly -
Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly was the government body of France between October and September in 1791, it created a constitutional monarchy with Louis XVI as head of state -
France declared war on Austria
France declared war on Austria because the support for war was growing however the idea was split line monarchists did not want war because they believed that foreign armies would easily overthrow the new government and the revolutionaries, on the other hand, pushed for war because they thought it would unify the nation. Finally France declared war on Austria. -
Attack on the Tuileries Palace
A crowd of about 20,000 people attacked the Tuileries Palace, however the king and queen did escape and placed themselves under the protection of the Legislative Assembly. Fearing further violence, the Assembly placed them under arrest. -
Legislative Assembly Disbanded
The Legislative Assembly disbanded and replaced itself with a new political body named the National Convention. The first act of the latter was to declare France as a republic -
Reign of Terror
The Revolutionary government decided to make “Terror” the order of the day and to take harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution. In Paris a wave of executions followed. -
Rise of Napoleon
A successful military commander named Napoleon Bonaparte returned from a military expedition in Egypt and ousted the Directory. Napoleon established what he called the Consulate and himself as the First Consul.
