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The king and queen of France try to escape
The king and queen try to escape when they get caught by the people and taken back to Paris where they were eventually arrested and killed. -
Convening the Estate General
convening the estates general the estates general hadn’t been summoned for almost 200 years -
Tennis Court Oath
When people went and met on a tennis court because the king shut down their meeting building. They promised to create a constitution for France -
Great Fear
A period of time when all the pheasents attacked the nobles -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
this states that all men and born and are equal. the document also guarentees citizens equal justice -
Women's March to Versailles
Women’s march on Versailles a angry mob of women marched on Versailles from the shortage of food -
Constitution of 1791
The constitution showed the rights and the powers of the people and also shows how the government should work -
National Convention
abolished a monarch and turned France into a republic. Males were granted the write to vote and hold office while women weren't -
Reign of Terror
a time in which suspected enemies of the revolution were guillotined -
Storming of the Bastille
king surrounding paris with his troops to put down the revolution. the people of paris wanted to defend themselves against the king and his troops so they stormed the armory at the Bastille
