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Collaboration of the Estates General
[Estates Meeting] King Louis XVI called for the Estates General to solve the financial crisis. Three classes had been chosen to vote. The clergy, the nobility, and the Third-Estate. Each estate only had one vote. The Third- Estate, having disagreed, was kicked out of the meeting and moved to a tennis court and compromised the Tennis-Court Oath. -
The Tennis Court Oath
[Image above of the Tennis Court Oath on the Jeu De Paume] The Third Estate (the commoners and clergy) met on the Jeu De Paume, an indoor tennis court an took an oath. The oath stated that the group would not disband until King Louis XVI adopte a new French Constitution. Eventually, the Third Estate declared themselves as the National Assembly, taking the oath to force the king to adopt a new constitution. -
Paris Mob on the Palace: The Assembly is Seized: The Legislature Falls
[August 10, 1792 The Paris Mob on the Assembly] On August 10, 1792, the Paris mob seized the Jacques Bertaux. The Fench Assembly had been stopped. The legislature has fallen. -
The Reign of Terror
[Picture displays victims of the Reign of Terror. I t shows people whose families have been executed] The "Reign of Terror" began after the death of King Louis XVI and the first Victim of the reign was Marie Antoiette. The terro was designed ot scare off those who opposed the French Revolution. Those who opposed of the revolution were executed. -
Thermidor and the end of the Reign of Terror
[Ninth Thermidor by Valery Jacobi] After the Thermidor Reaction, Maximilien Robspierre was executed. The reign of terror was now over.
