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estates general meeting
A meeting of the Estates-General is called by Louis XVI in Versailles to discuss and approve a new tax plan -
fall of bastille
The storming and fall of the Bastille. -
declaration of the rights of the man
The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man -
flight to varennes
the royal family’s failed attempt to escape Paris -
french constitution
French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, -
attack on the tuileres
Paris mob storms royal palace; Commune siezes Assembly; Legislative Assembly falls. Minister of Justice Danton purges thousands of presumed traitors. -
Execution of Louis XVI
a day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
the law of suspects
This law authorized the creation of revolutionary tribunals to try those suspected of treason against the Republic and to punish those convicted with death. -
the queens defense
Fearing that Marie Antoinette and her son, the nominal King, would provide rallying points for royalists within France and abroad, a Revolutionary Tribunal indicted Marie Antoinette and her children for treason. Two attorneys were assigned to prepare her defense, and one describes the situation here. -
Proclamation of neutrality
was arguably the first official articulation of American foreign policy. It sparked a debate about American involvement in foreign affairs that is still going on today. -
Robespierre overthrown in France
Robespierre and his allies were placed under arrest by the National Assembly -
13 Vendémiaire
13 Vendémiaire Year 4 is the name given to a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris -
national convention
was a single-chamber assembly in France from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795
