French Revolution

  • Louis XVI becomes king of France

    Louis XVI becomes king of France

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    Monarchy

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    National Assembly

    -Abolished guilds and labor unions
    -Made constitution of 1791
    -Declaration of the Rights of Man
    -Made equality before the law (for men)
    -Taxes levied based on the liability to pay
  • Stormed Bastille

    Stormed Bastille

    When people got news that Louis XVI was going to use military force against the National Assembly
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    Legislative Assembly

    -Were split into 3 groups that sat in different sections of the meeting hall
    -Radicals that sat on left wanted to get rid of monarchy and wanted lots of change
    -Moderates sat in the middle wanted some changes
    -Conservatives sat on the right and wanted to keep monarchy but with little changes
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    Convention

    -Abolished monarchy
    -Put Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette on trial for treason
  • Louiz XVI guillotined

    Louiz XVI guillotined

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    Reign of Terror

    -Danton and his Jacobin political party came to dominate French politics
    -Committee of Public Safety was headed by Danton (later by Robespierre
    -Those accused of treason were tried by the committee Revolutionary Tribunal
    -Roughly 15000 people died on the guillotine
  • Marie Antoinette guillotined

    Marie Antoinette guillotined

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    Directory

    -Started off in famine
    -People were unhappy with government
    -Used military force to stop uprisings
    -Had elections when they didn't like results
  • Napoleon

    Napoleon

    Napoleon overthrew the government which is known as coup d'état