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The king was in trouble. The nobility was not happy with his attempt to tax their estate. Nobility wanted to pass the cost once again on the Third Estate.
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King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the third Estate. Had not met in 175 years.
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The Third Estate was known as the Commons. The Commons invited the other two estates to take part and voted. They were then known as National Assembly.
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An event during the first few days of the French Revolution. A pledge signed by 576 members from Third Estate during a meeting of the Estates General.
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A mob attacked the Bastille in search of waepons and gun powder.
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Rumors were saying that armed men were roaming the countryside, so the peasants armed themselves. The peasants revolt was a factor in the decision to abolish feudalism.
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They declared that among feudal and taxable rights and duties, the ones concerned with real or personal succession were abolished.
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The document and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal.
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The women of Paris were rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread. There were thousands of women this day.
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The attempt of the king and his wife to escape from Paris.The king and his wife pourly unsucceded.
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This piece was the second written constitution of France, basically establishing sovereignty and constitutionality adopted.
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This provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law- making between the periods in the court system.
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This was a proclamation threatening that if the Royal Family was harmed, the French civilians would be harmed aswell.
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A mob of 30,000 French went to this palace to capture the king.
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Revolutionary Government votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first Republic. Royal family imprisoned.
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France turns the tide of the war and takes offensive against the invaders.
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He was taken o the guillotine at Revolution Square where he was executed, mainly because of his hostility towards the National Assembly.
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Created by the National Convention. This was to protect the republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion.
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This marked a significant weakening of individual freedoms that led to "revolutionary paranoia".
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This was the period of violence that occurred onset of the French Revolution. France was killing their own people in rage. Many people were executed without trial if they were accused of being enemies of the revolution.
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This held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic.
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Napoleon was known as emperor. He worked with Emmanuel Sieyes to overthrow the Directory while Napoleon took over.
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Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader. He crowned himself emperor at Notre Dame de Paris and crowned Josephine Empress aswell.
