key events of the french revolution

  • Hobbes writes Leviathon

    some scholars argue that the liviathon is one of the most famous books ever written.
  • Locke writes Two Treatieses of Government

    The latter is an essay concerning the true original, extent, and end of the civil-government.
  • French and Indian war

    it was a war between new france and great britain.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte comes to power

    ruler of france.
  • American Revolution

    Was when the americans started to rebel against the king for being treated poorly.
  • calling of the estates

    a general assembly representing the french estates of the realm.
  • tennis court oath

    politics and government about the french revolution.
  • August decrees

    aristocrats surrendered their special privledges.
  • the great fear

    there were rumors that bands of armed men were roaming the country side.
  • the decleration of the rights of man

    defined the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal during the french revolution.
  • Legislative Assembly is created

    it provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary, law making between the periods of national contituenty assembly and of the national convention.
  • France goes to war with Austria

    france declared war on austria first after a long list of greivences.
  • Louis XVI attempts to escape

    tried to run away from france.
  • Louis XVI is executed

    louis XVI was executed by the goulltine.
  • Committee of Public Safety is formed

    protected the newly established government from foreign attacks.