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The Second Estate forces King Louis XVI to activate the General Estates.
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King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the 3rd Estate.
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The people paying all of the taxes refuse to let the king vote for everything and have all the say.
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The first time when the 3rd Estate formally stood against Louis XVI and the National Assembly's refusal to back down made Louis reform things.
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Marked the start of the Revolution when peasants took control of the castle and murdered the officials to show they're serious.
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The 3rd Estate feared for their lives and the reaction of Louis XVI.
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All the Estates combined as one to remove the feudal system completely.
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The document resembled the US Constitution and the statements in the documents excluded women.
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The Women’s March brought to an end the great monarchy of Versailles. It transformed the role of women in revolution and what political gains they could expect for themselves.
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If the family successfully escaped out of the country, a counter-revolution against France would take place because of Louis XVI.
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Citizens that paid taxes and were over 25 could now vote and Louis XVI swore an oath to the constitution.
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Led by two opposing groups.
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Meant scare Paris to stop the violence, but actually brought more.
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Signified the end of the monarchy.
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Revolutionary government votes to abolish the monarchy and make the first Republic. The royal family is in prison.
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France makes offensive moves against the invaders and turns the tide of the war.
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The citizens of Paris ensure hope for a new government by killing Louis XVI.
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France seeks to protect themselves from foreign attacks and their own people from rebelling against them.
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Led to a "revolutionary paranoia" that swept the nation.
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End the French Revolution by killing the leader of the committee.
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Held the executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic.
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Declared himself the leader of the government but not the leader of the state.
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Took the crown from the pope and crowned himself. Sent a mesage that nobody commands him but himself.