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Louis Calls the Estates-General
France was experiencing major financial trouble and needed a solution. Louis XVI, the king of France at the time, called the Estates-General to come up with a solution for the financial issues. This led to a conflict of how the Estates should vote, either by size or by Estate. -
Tennis Court Oath
After being locked out of the Estates-General, the Third Estates broke into a nearby tennis court and vowed not to leave until a new constitution was written for France. This created the National Assembly, a new legislature for France. -
Storming of the Bastille
The revoutionaries of Paris were not well armed against the French military and needed to find a solution. The Bastille was a large prison in Paris and was a symbol of French authority, it was also an armory for a mass amount of wweapons and gunpowder. On July 14, 1789, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille to "free prisoners" and get weapons. This was a great show of force for the revolutionaries and was a huge strike against the French government. -
The Declaration of Rights of Man
A document created by the National Assembly in France on August 26, 1789 outining the rights of all male citizens of France. It was the first step to creating a more equal government in France. -
March to Versailles
Women were rioting in Paris over the rising price of bread. Revolutionaries joined the riot and they marched to Versailles to state their demands to Louis XVI. This caused the royal family and the National Assembly to move back to Paris, this brought power to the Parisians. -
Attacks on Prisons - September Massacres
A fear of invasion by foreign armies left Paris defensless as all of its' armies went to the battlefronts. Fear rose from that, fear that the inmates in Paris' prisons wouldbreak out and massacre Parisians. To prevent this, the people of Paris attacked and slaughtered prisoners all around Paris, killing thousands. This marked a division between those seen as supporters of the revolution and enemies of the revolution, creating a political conflict regarding the support of the revolution. -
Louis' Trail
A two months process of listing all charges against Louis XVi, who was seen as a traitor of France to a mojority of the French people. He was convicted of 33 charges against France and its' people. He was executed on the 17th of January, 1792, by guillotine. This marked an end of the French monarchy and the beginning of a new republic in France's government. -
Death of Maximilien Robespierre
Robespierre was hated by many due to the Terror and Great Terror which led to thousands of deaths across Paris. There was an assasination attempt on him, but his assasin was arrested and executed. Due to rising aggression against the Committee of Public Safety, they decalred Robespierre an outlaw and had him arrested. He was later executed by guillotine on July 28, 1792. This marked the end of the Terrors and slowed bloodshed of the French Revolution.
