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STAGE 1
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Day of the Tiles
Riot in Grenoble, France in response to the attempts to abolish the Parliaments to enact a new tax -
Royal Treasury is declared empty
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Call of the Estate-General
King Louis XVI summons the Estate-General to order new tax levy. -
Third Estate leaves Estates-General and becomes National Assembly
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Tennis Court Oath
Members of the National Assembly took an oath vowed to never separate until a written constitution was established for France. -
Storming of the Bastille
State prison in Paris was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. -
The Great Fear
A period of panic and riot by peasants because of a rumor of "aristocratic conspiracy". Ended on 08/03/1789. -
Declaration of The Rights of Man and The Citizen is drafted
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Women's March on Versailles
Women of Paris rioted against the high price and scarcity of bread. Ended on 10/06/1789 -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Law passed that caused immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in Franch to French government -
STAGE 2
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Day of Daggers
Hundreds of armed nobles go to the Tuileries Palace to protect King Louis XVI and were later arrested. -
Mirabeau dies
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Flight to Varennes
King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette, and their family unsuccessfully attempted to escape Paris. -
Massacre of the Champs de Mars
30-30 Parisian civilians were killed by the National Guard at a political protest. -
Slave uprising begins in Haiti
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Declaration of Pillnitz
The Holy Roman Empire and Prussia declare support of King Louis XVI and against the French Revolution. -
Slavery is abolished in France, but not in New World French colonies
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Revolution of 10 August
The National Guard and a mob of Parisians invade the Tuileries Palace and cause the fall of the French monarchy. -
September Massacres
Wave of mass killing of prisoners in Paris and other cities who were thought to be planning a counterrevolutionary plot. Ended 09/07/1792. -
The Convention abolishes the monarchy and France is declared a republic
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STAGE 3
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Louis XVI is executed
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Counter-revolution in the Vendee begins
Armd uprising against Convention rule. Began in Venee region of France -
Marat is murdered
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Reign of Terror begins
The Girondins were overthrown and the Jacobins rose to power under Robespierre, who wanted to purge France of Revolution enemies and foreign invaders. -
Committee of Public Safety begins de-Christianization
Churches were closed, all institutionalised religions had to be eradicated,a new civil Religion of Reason was established, and Sunday was abolished from the Republican Calendar. -
Marie Antoinette is executed
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Danton is executed
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Robespierre is elected president of the Convention
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The Great Terror begins
End of the Reign of terror. Robespierre fell from power and the number of executions greatly increased. -
Robespierre is executed