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Meeting of the Estates General
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 -
Voted to Establish the National Assembly-Leads to the Tennis Court Oath
Revolutionary assembly formed by the Third Estate by the Estate General. -
Tennis Court Oath
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 -
The Storming of the Bastille
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. -
Feudalism Ends, Division between Estates Ends.
Due to constant revolts the government decides to stop feudalism and decides to colapse the division between estates. -
Declaration of Rights of the Man and the Citizen
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". -
Royal Family attempts to flee
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. -
New constitution-Limited Monarchy-Legislative Assembly was created.
The Republicans overthrow the bourbone monarchy and decides to place limited monarchy instead. The Legislative assembly created this "New Government". -
Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria & Prussia
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. -
Abolished Monarchy
Due to the lack of supportfull monarchs the government decided to ban te use of monarchy so france became independant
