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Estates General Called
The estates general was called by Louis XVI to solve the economic crisis, that was caused by the French government. They use all the money in the war. -
National Assembly Formed
It was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a commitment to a national constitution and representative government, taken by delegates at the Estates-General at Versailles. -
The Storming of the Bastille
A state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. Inequalities between the Third Estate and the other two estates, as well as hunger and poverty, led the Third Estate to attack the nobles and demand a new constitution. -
Constitutional Monarchy Formed
The National Constituent Assembly forced king Louis XVI to accept the French Constitution of 1791, thus turning the absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy. -
National convention french revolution
National Convention, French Convention Nationale, assembly that governed France from September 20, 1792, until October 26, 1795, during the most critical period of the French Revolution. Among its early acts were the formal abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of the republic. -
King Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette Beheaded
Louis XVI was guillotined in the Place de la Revolution on January 21, 1793. His wife, Marie Antoinette, met the same fate nine months later, on October 16, 1793. Their young son, Louis-Charles, died in prison where living conditions were horrible. -
Reign of Terror Begins
A period of violence during the French Revolution incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of “the enemies of the revolution.” -
Reign of Terror Ends
Robespierre was arrested and executed as were many of his fellow Jacobins, thereby ending the Reign of Terror, which was succeeded by the Thermidorian Reaction.
