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Convening the Estate General
was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate). -
tenis court oath
was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789. -
Storming of the Bastille
he prison only contained seven inmates at the time of its storming but was a symbol of the abuses, its was the fall of the French Revolution. -
Great Fear
the great fear was a general panic from the public, that occurred between 17 of July and 3 August 1789 at the start of the French Revolution.they attacked the bastile which was the first major evernt of french revolution
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human rights. The Declaration was directly influenced by Thomas Jefferson, working with General Lafayette, who introduced it. -
Women's March to Versailles
a crowd of women demanding bread for their families gathered other discontented Parisians, including some men, and marched toward Versailles, arriving soaking wet from the rain. www.historywiz.com/womensmarch.htm -
Louis and Marie Try To Escape France
their immediate family attempted unsuccessfully to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution at the head of loyal troops under royalist officers concentrated at the frontier. Their escape only led them as far as the small town of Varennes, where they were arrested after having been recognized at their previous stop in Sainte-Menehould. -
Constitution of 1791 is Drafted
The franchise was restricted to “active” citizens who paid a minimal sum in taxes; about two-thirds of adult men had the right to vote for electors and to choose certain local officials directly. The constitution lasted less than a year. -
Reign of Terror
was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine (2,639 in Paris), and another 25,000 in summary executions across France.
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national convetion
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. -
The Directory Takes Power
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.
