The French revolution

By jamalwallace

  • The estates general convenes

    a legislative assembely of the diffrent classes of french subjects
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    the french revolution

    a revolution of france

  • Third estate declares itself the national assembly

    the generals were called to deal with france's crisis but promptly fell to squabbling over it's own structure

  • storming of the bastile

    the french prisoners broke out of the medeival french prison

  • decleration of the rights of man and citizen issued

    a doccument of the french revolution defining the rights of the french citizen

  • louis xvI executed

    king louis was tried for crimes against people and executed

  • maximilien Robespirre assumes leadership of the committee of public saftey

    robspierre was in control of the committee of public saftey

  • robespierre is executed

    robespierre send out a list o people to be executed at a public meeting and people got nervous and turned against him and had him executed and that ended the reign of terror
  • Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power

    Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power

    Napoleon gains control of the french military after being proven a military genius