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Reign of Terror Begins
An agreement, contract, or written promise between two individuals that frequently constitutes a pledge to do or refrain from doing something.
The individual making the promise or agreement is known as the covenantor, and the individual to whom such promise is made is called the covenantee.
Covenants are really a type of contractual arrangement that, if validly reached, is enforceable by a court. They can be phrased so as to prohibit certain actions and in such cases are sometimes called negativ -
Tennis court oath
The King had declared the activities of the Third Estate illegal and refused to recognize the "National Assembly." Meeting in defiance at an indoor tennis court at Versailles, the Third Estate swore not to separate until a constitution had been written for France. Only one delegate dissented. Their oath is known as the Tennis Court Oath. -
storming of the bastille
occurred in Paris, France on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. Its fall was the flashpoint of the revolution -
The Great Fear
a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate. In the provinces the peasants rose against their lords, attacking châteaus and destroying feudal documents. To check the peasants, the National Constituent Assembly decreed the abolition of the feudal regime and introduced the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. -
the decleration of the rights of man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man was passed by frances naionall constituet assembly -
Women's March to Versailles
the women rioted because of the lack of bread so they marched to the castle and took the king and queen so they could keep and eye on them -
louis and marie try to escape france
Marie Antoinette feared for her safety and royal. On 21 June 1791, Louis attempted to secretly flee with his family from Paris to the royalist fortress town of Montmédy on the northeastern border of France in the hope of forcing a more moderate swing in the Revolution than was deemed possible in radical Paris. However, flaws in the escape plan caused enough delays to enable the royal refugees to be recognized and captured along the way at Varennes. Supposedly Louis was captured while trying to m -
constitution of 1791
it was the french constitution created by the assembly during the revolution.they made sure it kept the monarchy -
National Convention
it was a single-chamber assembly in France from 21 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 (4 Brumaire IV under the Convention's adopted calendar) during the French Revolution. -
reign of terror begins
After the death of Louis XVI in 1793, the Reign of Terror began.The first victim was Marie Antoinette. She had been imprisoned with her children after she was separated from Louis. First they took her son Louis Charles from her (often called the lost dauphin, or Louis XVII). He disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Then she led off a parade of prominent and not-so-prominent citizens to their deaths. The guillotine, the new instrument of egalitarian justice, was put to work. -
The Directory Takes Power
The Directory was the government of France during the penultimate stage of the French Revolution. Administered by a collective leadership of five directors, it operated following the Committee of Public Safety and preceding the Consulate. It lasted from 2 November 1795 until 10 November 1799, a period commonly known as the "Directory era." It was overthrown by Napoleon.Armed supporters of Napoleon surrounded the Directory legislature and forced members to turn the government over to Napoleon.
