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French Revolution
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The American Revolution
At 5:00 A.M. about 700 troupes marched out to capture patriot leaders. By 1775 tensions between the American Government and British Colonies approached a breaking point. Recived instructions to sieze all weapons and gunpowder, -
Tennis Court Oath
French Estates-General for the Third Estate, took the Tennis Court Oath vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require. It was a pivotal event in the early days of the French Revolution. The Esates General had been called up to discuse the agricultural crisis. -
Fall of the last Bastille
The Fall of the Bastille was the mideavil fortress and prision in Paris. The prision only held 7 immates at the time of the storming but was a symbol of abuse of the monarchy. Its fall was the flashoint of the French Revolution. -
The Great Fear
It was a panic that occured between july 17th and august 3rd at the start of the French Revolution. Rural unrest had been present in France since the worsening gain shortage of the spring. It was fueled by the rimours of an arsistrocrat's faminr plot. -
The declaration of the rights of man
The Declaration Of the Rights of man and of the citizen passed by Francis constitution assembly in August 1789. Document of French Revolution. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man was a fundamental document of the French Revoltion. The Declaration was mainly influenced by Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration was also influenced by the doctrine of the "natural rights". -
The Women's March
Nearly 7,000 working women armed with weapons marched in the rain. They marched from Paris to Versailles. It was to be pivotal event in the intensifying French Revolution. -
Execution of the King
When he as forced to be king unemployment was estamated at 50% since then most things in France went downhill. The people werent happy. Above everything else he had to marry a foreigner. They targeted his wife. -
Reign of Terror Starts
It was also known as the terror. It was a period of violence that occured after the French Revolution. It was two rivals between the the Girondins, and the Mountains. -
Execution of the Robespierre
Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine. The day before his arrest Robespierre and 21 others were guillotined. He called King Louis on trial for treason. -
The Directory Established
Leadership of five directors it opperated following the committe of public safety. It lasted 8 days november 2nd to the 10th. it was a period most commonly known as the directory era.
