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Nobility forces King Louis Xvi to call the Estates General into Session
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. -
Estate General meets in Paris
King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the third Estate. Had not met in 175 years. -
Third Estate refused to abide by the kings vote for each estate order
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. -
Tennis Court Oath
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. -
The Storming of the Bastille
A mob attacked the Bastille in search of waepons and gun powder. -
Great Fear Begins
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. -
National Assembly ablolishes Feudalism with August Decrees
They declared that among feudal and taxable rights and duties, the ones concerned with real or personal succession were abolished. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The document and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal. -
Women of Paris March to Versailles for Bread
The women of Paris were rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread. There were thousands of women this day. -
Royal Family's Flight from Varennes
The attempt of the king and his wife to escape from Paris.The king and his wife pourly unsucceded. -
New Constitution adopted
This piece was the second written constitution of France, basically establishing sovereignty and constitutionality adopted. -
Beginning of Legislative Assembly
This provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law- making between the periods in the court system. -
Brunswick Manifesto warns for Royal family not be harmed or else...
This was a proclamation threatening that if the Royal Family was harmed, the French civilians would be harmed aswell. -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
A mob of 30,000 French went to this palace to capture the king. -
French Monarchy is officially abolished
Revolutionary Government votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first Republic. Royal family imprisoned. -
French defeat foreign invaders
France turns the tide of the war and takes offensive against the invaders. -
The execution of King Louis XVI in Paris
He was taken o the guillotine at Revolution Square where he was executed, mainly because of his hostility towards the National Assembly. -
Committee of Public Safety Established
Created by the National Convention. This was to protect the republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion. -
Law of Suspects passes
This marked a significant weakening of individual freedoms that led to "revolutionary paranoia". -
End of the Reign of Terror!
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. -
National Convention is dissolved
This held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic. -
Napoleon named First Consul
Napoleon was known as emperor. He worked with Emmanuel Sieyes to overthrow the Directory while Napoleon took over. -
Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader. He crowned himself emperor at Notre Dame de Paris and crowned Josephine Empress aswell.
