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Estates-General Meeting
Description - A general assembly representing the French estates of the realm summoned by Louis XVI to propose solutions to France's financial problems. It ended when the Third Estate formed into a National Assembly, signaling the outbreak of the French Revolution.
Attendees - the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate), and the commoners (Third Estate)
Reactions - The Nobility and Third Estate became unified -
Creation of National Assembly
Description: The National Estate was called for by the King of France to talk about the economic crisis in France.
Parties: The parties were the First, Second, and Third Estates.
Reaction: The people of the Third Estate were excited because they were finally invited to a political meeting with the First and Second Estates. On the other hand the people First and Second Estate were not happy because the call of the National Assembly would make them have a meeting with the First Estate -
Tennis Court Oath
Description - A commitment to a national constitution and representative government, taken by delegates at the Estates-General at Versailles. It has become one of the most iconic scenes of the French Revolution. They took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France.
Attendees - Deputies of Third Estate, All of the National Assembly
Reactions - Everyone accepted the oath and resulted in unification among the different social classes. -
Bastille Day (French Independence Day)
Description: Bastille day marks the fall of the Bastille (a military fortress) and the start of the French Revolution.
Parties: The French Revolution was started by the Third Estate.
Reaction: The people of the First and Second Estate were terrified because the Third estate was finally fighting back against them. -
Declaration of Rights of Man is signed
Description - The French National Constituent Assembly issued the Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen (Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen) which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. It was created by Jean-Jacques François Le Barbier and
Attendees - French National Constituent Assembly
Reactions - Some nobility and clergy weren't happy about special privileges being eliminated. Third estate was happy about new social equality. -
Women's March on Versailles
Description: The Women's March on Versailles was formed by the women in Third Estate because they were speaking out against the prices of bread. The march was a key event in the start of the French Revolution.
Parties: The women from the Women's March on Versailles were from the Third Estate.
Reaction: The people of the Third Estate had more confidence after this event because this meant they actually had a chance to win the revolutionary. The Second and First Estate were terrified and fleeing