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French Revolution Events: 1789-1794
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French Revolution Events: 1789-1794
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Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was significant because it showed the growing unrest against Louis XVI and laid the foundation for later events, including: the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the storming of the Bastille. -
Storming the Bastille
The Bastille was used by French kings to imprison subjects that didn't agree with them politically, making the Bastille a representation of the oppressive nature of the monarchy. This event was the start of the French Revolution and the eventual fall of the French monarchy. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is one of the most important writings of the French Revolution. It lists human rights, such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and separation of powers. It called for the destruction of aristocratic privileges by proclaiming an end to feudalism and to exemptions from taxation, freedom and equal rights for all men. The monarchy was restricted, and all citizens had right to take part in the government. -
The Women's March
The Women's March on Versailles was an important event at the start of the French Revolution. It gave the revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king. In 1789 France, the main food of the commoners was bread. A poor French economy had led to a scarcity of bread and high prices.King Louis “kidnapped” back to Paris. -
National Assembly abolishes nobility
The National Assembly played a major role in the French Revolution. It represented the common people of France and demanded that the king make economic reforms to insure that the people had food to eat. By abolishing the nobility, the assembly protected the people by taking power and money away from the 1st and 2nd estates. -
Louis & Marie Antoinette flee; captured at Varennes
On the night of June 20th, 1791, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and their children fled the Tuileries Palace to try to make it to Austria, in order to gather support from Marie Antoinette's country of birth. ... Louis XVI was, from that point on, viewed as a traitor to the revolution. This event was a turning point in the revolution because it exposed the king as untruthful and his new constitution as a fraud. -
First use of the guillotine
The guillotine was a symbol the French revolution. It made all people through through death. It did not matter their place in society. The guillotine executed people by chopping off their heads in a swift blow. -
French Republic Proclaimed
The First Republic was established in 1792 in the French Revolution, when the masses rebelled and overthrew King Louis XVI. In Revolutionary France, the Legislative Assembly voted to abolish the monarchy and established the First Republic. Then, King Louis and Marie-Antoinette were imprisoned in August 1792. Lastly, in September the monarchy was abolished -
Louis XVI executed
Louis XVI being executed by guillotine, was a major event of the French Revolution. This event took place on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. The National Convention convicted the king and condemned him to death. -
Marie Antoinette goes to the guillotine
In July 1793, she lost custody of her young son, who was forced to accuse her of sexual abuse and incest before a Revolutionary tribunal. In October, she was convicted of treason for her attempted escape to Varennes and sent to the guillotine. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was significant because it showed the growing unrest against Louis XVI and laid the foundation for later events, including: the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the storming of the Bastille. -
Robespierre is beheaded
Robespierre was the mastermind behind the Reign of Terror, a period of the French Revolution when a series of massacres and numerous public executions. Those who were not actively defending France became his enemy. Robespierre during oversaw the arrest and execution of many political opponents. -
Parisians storm Tuileries palace; end of Louis XVI’s power
On June 20, 1792 the palace was attacked by an angry Parisian crowd, who were asking for the food and water conditions that the people of Paris were living in to be remedied. Then on August 10, 1792 angry Parisians attacked the palace and massacred 600 Swiss guards, keeping some of their remains as trophies.