French Revolution By jjeloja Period: 1754 to 1793 Reign of Indescive King Louis XVI worsened social/political tensions and made poor financial descions. Easily influenced by others. Period: 1756 to 1763 Seven Years War Period: 1778 to May 5, 1789 Incubation Period - Rising Tensions (Debt and (Inequalities) Filled with social inequalities (between estates), economic struggles, and rising Enlightenment ideas Oct 7, 1778 Battle of Saratoga Period: Oct 7, 1778 to Sep 3, 1783 France funds American Revolution 1787 Assembly of Notables 1789 Peasants Revolts May 5, 1789 Estates General Convene Period: May 5, 1789 to Oct 5, 1789 Symptomatic Stage - Rising Tensions become visible Jun 20, 1789 Tennis Court Oath Jul 14, 1789 Storming of Bastille Aug 4, 1789 Decrees of August 4th Aug 26, 1789 Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen Oct 5, 1789 Womens March on Versailles / Monarchy brought back from escape Period: Oct 5, 1789 to Jul 27, 1794 Crisis Revolution - Peak of Violence/Chaos Jul 13, 1791 Death of Jean-Paul Marat (gather Christian support for Rev.) Oct 16, 1792 Execution of Marie Antoinette 1793 Creation of Committee of Public Safety 1793 French Republican Calendar Adopted Jan 21, 1793 Execution of King Louis XVI Period: Sep 5, 1793 to Jul 27, 1794 Reign of Terror Period: Jul 26, 1794 to Nov 9, 1799 Convalescence Stage - Recovery of/after the Revolution Jul 27, 1794 Thermidorian Reaction Jul 28, 1794 Robespierre is Executed (guillotined) Period: 1795 to 1799 Directory governs France (and enforces reforms!) Sep 22, 1795 Constitution of the Year III is created (the Directory) Nov 9, 1799 Napolean Bonaparte seizes power (coup d'état) Period: Nov 9, 1799 to 1815 Napoleonic Phase