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Estates General Meeting (8)
Was a meeting that reunited an equal number of representatives from each Estate to solve this serious political crisis. -
Storming the Bastille (10)
The citizens of Paris stormed the prison call Bastille which was the royal centre in Paris. -
The Great Fear (9)
a period of panic by the peasants because of rumors of an aristocratic conspiracy by the King and other officials to overthrow the Third Estate. -
Declaration of the Rights of Men and of the Citizens (7)
It was passed by France's National Constituent Assembly and it is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
August Decrees (8)
The August Decrees abolished the feudal system and eliminated many clerical and noble rights and privileges. -
September Massacres (5)
A streak of killings in Paris during the French Revolution. The radicals attacked the royal army to keep them from setting the prisoners of the revolutionaries free. -
Establishment of the French Republic (4)
The French National Convention met and voted for the establishment of a republic because of Louis XVI’s excessive spending and suspected treason. -
Excecution of Louis XVI (1)
Louis XVI was killed via guillotine for his conviction of treason. The description for his conviction said “conspiracy with foreign powers”. -
Excecution Marie Antoinette (2)
Killed for the same reason as her husband, Louis XVI. Convicted of treason for conspiracy with foreign powers. -
Excecution of Robespierre (3)
Robespierre led by fear. He initiated the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. The National COnvention Was fed up with the abuse, so they arrested him and killed him a day later.
