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Tennis Court Oath
The third estate turned into the National Assembly. When they were locked out of their regular meeting place they gathered in a tennis court They said they wouldnt leave until a constitution for France was written -
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The French Revolution
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The Fall Of Bastille
On July 14, 1789 more than 800 Parisians gathered outside the Bastille demanding weapons and ammo. A battle erupted and the mob eventually broke in but left the bastille empty handed. -
Great Fear
The start of the french revolution, The Great Fear during the French Revolution was a period of crazyness. Peasents expected there to be a revolution and the fall of a monarchy. they heard rumors of other countries invading, and the king's army was to protect them. This caused the peasents to worry about what was going to happen to their country Peasants revolted and erupted into chaos -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
National Assembly issued this to declare that people were equal under the law. It stressed liberity and equality. -
Women march on Versailles
Bread cost rose dramtically, so the women of Paris were outraged and marched to versaille to speak with the king. They demanded bread from the king and queen. When no one came, they stormed palace, killed guards, and forced the king and queen to come to Paris. -
The Royal Escape
The french royal family tried to escape Paris because they were under risk of being killed by the angry mob of revolutionaries -
Constitution of 1791
The first written constitution for France. It was based on the ideas of the reformers of that time. Some of these concepts were later applied to constitutions around the world. -
Commitee of Public Safety established
The Commitee of Public Safety was established on that day. Its main goal was to protect any established republic from foreign attacks. It leads to France to being strong and well-protected. -
Reign of Terror
The bloody massacre of people to the guillotine. It is estimated to be around 40,000 people to be executed during the revolution by the guillotine. -
Execution of a Monarch
King Louis was sentenced to the guillotine for being a traitor to France. This day of execution marked a big day in history considering it was the first time a king was executed by is own people -
Execution of Maximilian Robespierre
On the 28th of July, 1794, Maximilian Robespierre was arrested, he wasn't even accused of anything just the fact that people finally saw what he was doing. Their eyes were finally open to the monster Robespierre had become. He didn't even receive a trail. He was taken to prison where his hair was cut and he was locked away for the night. The next morning he was taken to the guillotine and executed face up. Robespierre was the last vicim of the Reign of Terror. The end of a tyrant. -
Napoleon becomes Emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general from the French Revolution who crowned himself as the first emperor of France . Being known as the greatest general and the greatest emperor from the historical time. An empire was created by him and covered most of Europe.
