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French Revolution
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Tennis Court Oath
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Storming of the Bastille
On July 14, 1789, a mob of Parisians went to the Bastille, an ancient prison, looking for weapons.The mob killed the commander, stuck his head on a long stick, and paraded it through the streets. The action of the storming of the Bastille became a powerful symbol of the French Revolution. -
Estates-General Meeting
One of the first events of the Revolution was a meeting that the nobility pressed Louis to call. The nobles wanted a meeting of the Estates-General, an assembly made up of the three estates, to approve new taxes on the Third Estate. -
End of the Monarchy
A mob marched in the Tuileries Palace killed the guards and threw Louis, Marie-Antoinette, along with their childern into prision. Faced with mob violence and foreign invasion, the Legislative Assembly felt powerless. It voted itself out of existence and called for the election of a new legislature, the National Convention -
National Convention
France would no longer be a constitutional monarchy. It would be a republic. -
Reign of Terror
By the middle of 1793, many people were concerned about the course of the Revolution. Outside France, countries were worried enough about the Revolution to make war against France.
As a result, some of the revolutionary leaders feared that they would lose control. They decided to take drastic actions to avoid a possible counterrevolution. The Mountain began a series of accusa-tions, trials, and executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. -
Execution of Maximillian Robespierre
Those who launched the Reign of Terror eventually fell victim themselves. Robespierre himself became a victim. On July 27, 1794, Robespierre and his supporters were surrounded by National Convention soldiers and taken into custody. Soon after their arrest, the heads of Robespierre and about 100 of his supporters fell into the guillotine’s basket.
