French Revolution

By isa elizondo

  • Call of the Estates Generals

    King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General; he called them because the French Government was having financial problems.

  • Tennis Court Oath

    A pledge signed by 577 members of France's Third Estate, this was an early beginning in starting the French Revolution

  • Storming of the Bastille

    Revolutionaries stormed the Bastille to fight and this set off a series of events that led to the overthrow of the King and the French Revolution

  • Declaration of Rights of Man

    A human civil rights document from the French Revolution that included a list of rights.

  • Women's March on Versailles

    7,000 working women marched in the rain for their rights.

  • Civil Constitution of Clergy

    A law that passed during the French Revolution, this caused a subordination of the Catholic Church to the French Government.

  • Royal Family Attempts to Flee

    King Louis XVI and his family tried to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution

  • Execution of the King

    The King was sentenced to death after a trial, he was executed by the guillotine.

  • Reign of Terror

    During the period of terror that happened in the French Revolution, France was being ruled by a group of men called the Committee of Public Safety.

  • Execution of RobesPierre

    The architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror was overthrown and arrested by the National Convention.