MY SOCIAL STUDIES TIMELINE

By Barry B

  • National Assembly

    Was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate.

  • Confrontation With the King

    Louis XIV ordered Third Estate locked out of the National Assembly's meeting hall.

  • Storming of the Bastille

    Rioting in Paris in early July

  • The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

    Adopted by National Assembly on August 27th. Asserted the sovereignty of the people.

  • The March of Women

    Lower classes still unsatisfied. Thousands of starving women and peasants.

  • Civil Constitution of the Clergy

    Financial crisis, and National Assembly.

  • Flight of the King

    Louis XVI and his family attempted to flee France.

  • Reaction from other Countries

    Declaration of Pillnitz, Possible foreign intervention

  • New Constitution

    Constitutional monarchy, New Legislative Assembly

  • The Radicals Take Over

    Pars mob stormed Tuileries, Louis and family seek aid of

  • War With Austria

    France declares war, War of the First.

  • The National Convention

    First met on September 21, 1792, Revolutionary Calendar was made. Monarchy abolished; France officially becomes a republic.