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Meeting of Estates-General
The Estates General were summoned by King Louis XVI in May 1789 to solve France's financial crisis. They pledged the Tennis Court Oath vowing to keep meeting until a new constitution has been written. -
Fall of Bastille
An angry crowd stormed the Bastille.They stormed the medieval fortress becasue it held many political prisoners. They saw it as a vent for thier frustrations. -
March to Versiallies
The people of Paris and the rest of France were hungry and unemployed. A large mob, mostly women marched from Paris to Versiallies.The mob wanted bread and the king and queen to live among the people in Paris. -
Dissolution of the National Assembly
As the new constitution came into effect, France was proclaimed a costitutinal monarchy. The National Assembly was gone as the Legeslative Assembly accepted no National assembly people. -
War on Austria
France declared war on Austria on April 20 1792. -
Louis XIV is executed.
Louis XVI is executed on the chaged of treason and killed by the guillotine. -
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a period of violence in France after Louis XVI was killed and Jacobins was in power. -
Robespierre is exicuted
Robespierre was sent to the guillotine ending the reign of terror.
