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Nobility forces King to call 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. -
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The French Revolution
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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. -
3rd Estate refuse to abide by king to vote for Estates
King Louis is influenced by Englightment thinkers. -
Tennis Court Oath
Louis takes action by locking Third Estate out of the meetings but the people didn't want to leave until they wrote the a constitution for France. Louis ended up letting them do it. -
Storming of the Bastille
King Louis ordered the troops to Paris. The National Assembly feared so they ended the meetings. People of Paris stormed in Bastille for arms in case of anything violence. -
Great Fear Begins
Everyone feared the king would punish them and end the Revolution. As well as more rumors began since then. -
August Decrees
Years of debt finally gone. People in the third Estate no longer abides by laws of the First Estate. Eliminating First Estate's legal privalages. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Declaring all men born equally and remain equal but has not extended the rights for women. -
Women of Paris march to Versailles for Bread
An angry mob of women approximately 7,000 successfully pressed their demands upon King Louis, breaking into the palace making him move to Paris and powerless. As well as he brings troops to protect himself, -
Royal Family's Flight from Varennes
Kind and Queen didn't feel safe, so they fled to France in a disguise but it was an unsuccessful escape and facing charges of treason. This lead the king's execution. -
New Constitution adopted
This constitution establishing a popular sovereignty was reluctantly accepted by the king. Siezed church land, sold, paying off France's debt. -
Beginning of Legislative Assembly
Creating new legislative body and citizens gainging voting rights (mean 25 years old). Restricting kings power. -
Brunswick Manifesto
Furious revolutionaries to go to war with revolutionary monarchies. There were many uprisings, and mobs causing chaos. -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
Mobs marching, and slaughtered guards. This leading to theend of the Monarchy, and thrown into prison with the replacement of the legislative assembly. -
French Monarchy officially abolished
Revolutionary Government votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first Republic. royal familly imprisoned. -
French defeat foreign invaders
France turns the tide of the war and takes the offensice against the invaders. -
The exceution of King Louis XVI in Paris
The gulatine killed thousands. King was the first of many victims that was killed during the reign of terror. People reacting with honor, leading to spread of Europe. -
Committee of Public Safety Established
They manage France, defenses against foreign forces. The committee drafts many people into military dervices with people that have able bodied, that are unmarried, and men that are 18-45 years old. -
Law of Suspects - Terror in France
The accusation, trials and executions creating lot's of fear in tghe country. -
End of Reign - execution of Robespierre
10 months of terror, 300,000 arrested and 17,000 executed, the terror has finally ended. National Convention executed Robespierre. -
National Convention dissolved-creation of Directorate
Five men - dictators, not efficient governments but they were weak. They led things to higher prices and bankruptcy. -
Napoleon named First Consul
He took power from directory. Three called consuls replaced them as government of France. -
Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor
The Romnes pope - crowns Napoleon but he grabs it and crowns himself.
