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Bastille
Bastille stormed and taken by a Paris mob -
Great Fear
Peasants attack noble manors -
Renounced feudal rights
Nobles in National Assembly renounce feudal rights; Jacobin Club formed -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Assembly issues Declaration of the Rights of Man -
Versailles to Tuileries palace
King Louis brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Assembly issues Civil Constitution of the Clergy, requiring elections and oaths. -
issue of Constitution
National Assembly issues Constitution; elections are held. -
Haitian Revolution Begins
Begins by burning sugar plantations at the same moment, which was initiated and planned during voodoo ceremonies (voodoo being a religion outlawed by the French) -
King flees
King flees to Austria, is caught at Varennes. -
Declaration of Pillnitz
Austria and Prussia call for support of French King -
declaration of French republic
Convention abolishes monarchy and declares France a republic. -
The Revolution Builds
The National Assembly send three commissioners to restore order in Saint-Domingue. Armed rebellion begins. -
Upheavals in France and Saint Domingue
Rochambeau appointed as governor of Haiti. Reign of terror begins in Saint Domingue. -
Toussaint Louverture in Power
Haiti accidentally threatens French by sending the civil commissioner forcefully home. -
General Leclerc in Saint-Domingue
General Leclerc sails with 20,000 soldiers to attempt to retake Haiti, with Rochambeau second in command. There strategy is to pretend to be peaceful, disarm all the militants and wage war against them to cut their morale and then reinstate slavery -
Final Years of Revolution
Dessalines and Christophe continue the revolution. Rochambeau leads french. Yellow fever kills many of the French. The slaves win. -
Haitian Independence
A declaration of independence is created. Haitians form the world’s first black republic.
