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The French Revolution
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Meeting of the estates-general
The meeting of the estates-general was the first meeting of the clergy, nobility and lower class in 175 years. The king knew if he kept living like he was there would be a revolt so he called this meeting to hopefully avoid that. -
National Assembly and Tennis Court Oath
When the assembly was stalled the third estate met and called themselves the National Assembly. For the next three days they waited and the assembly was not called. After the three days were done the people met in a tennis court and took the Tennis Court Oath. -
Storming of the Bastille
After a while there started to be tention that came all the way to the capitol. Finally the people reacted and stormed the Bastille(a french prison) to free the people and secure weapons and gun powder. -
Signing of "The Declaration of the Right's of Man and the Citizen
Fear was high in France because the people were starting riots. To prevent a war or fued the National Constitute Assembly signed the Declarationof the Right's of Man and the Citizen -
France's first written constitution
On Sep 3, 1791 the first written constitution in frnce was written but it was not what the people wanted. It gave the king veto powers and the abbility to appoint ministers. This didn't go well with the citizens so people like Maximilien de Robespierre to stir up a want for a more republican government. -
Arrest of the king
After the government declared war on Austria and Prussia fearing that there were french emigres making alliances people wee tired of th government. After an extremist named Jacobins heard about this he could ot stad the government so he attacked the royal residence and took the head of it down. He arrested the king. -
Execution of King Louis XVI
The months following the arrest of the king he ws tried for treason and crimes against the state. When they found him guilty he was centenced to the guillotine and his wife (Marie-Antoinette) had the same fate 9 months later. -
Robespierre executed
After things got worse and the most violent phase hppened people started not liking robespierre. This led to the execution. -
First Bicameral Legislature
The girondins who survived the reign of terror made a government run by five people. People hated this but those people were quited. -
Napolean takes power
After running the military for quite sometime napoleon noticed that people hated the government. To change that he made himself the leader f the gulf.
