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Assebly that King Louis XVI made to create equality between the estates. This assembly was taken place in the Palace of Versailles and all of the Estates-General to equal the number of generals
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Revolutionary assembly formed by the Third Estate by the Estate General.
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The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789. The only person who did not sign was Joseph Martin-Dauch from Castelnaudary, who would not execute decisions not decided by the king. They made a makeshift conference room inside a tennis court, located in the Saint-Louis district of the city of Versailles
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The Storming of the Bastille was a revolt against the government which targeted the prison of Bastille. This was because the government was an absolute monarchy and they wanted a stop to it so they revolted and targeted the prison.
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Due to constant revolts the government decides to stop feudalism and decides to colapse the division between estates.
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A declaration influenced by Thomas Jefferson which declares that Man should have universal rights and also the citizen, this movement was also influenced by the "Natural Right".
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In June of 1791, King Louis XVI, fearing for the lives of himself and his family, attempted to escape into Austria. Marie Antoinette’s brother was the emperor of Austria. They hoped that once in Austria they would be safe.
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The Republicans overthrow the bourbone monarchy and decides to place limited monarchy instead. The Legislative assembly created this "New Government".
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On April 20, 1792, the Legislative Assembly (France's governing body, formed in 1791) declared war on Austria. Although the French fared poorly at first, the armies became more successful as the war progressed.
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Due to the lack of supportfull monarchs the government decided to ban te use of monarchy so france became independant
