-
Lous the XVI (16th) takes the throne at age of 19. He was well intentioned but a weak leader. He was mostly doinatedd by his wife Mary Antoinette.
-
Louis XIV's government is about to go bankrupt. He had poor harvests. The National Assembly is formed.
-
The people of Paris storm Bastille, a much hated prison theat symbolized autocritic rule. The French Revolution began.
-
The National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of man and of the Citizen. GAve rights of liberty, property, security and oppresion to all people.
-
Peasents were afraid of the nobles because, they thought that they were hiring outlaws to torture them.
Peasents rioted and stormed the palace. They demanded that Louis & Marie come to paris. -
NAtional Assembly broke up so the Legislative Assembly came. Takes away power from the king and gives it to the French law.
-
Revolutionary leaders turn on each other. Then three factions in the Leeslative Assembly form.
Radical
Moderates
and Conservatives -
Austria and Prussia, who supported Louis XVI send troops to Paris
-
20,000 people invade the royal palace and take Louis, Marie and their children into imprisonment.
-
The national convention abolishes the monarchy and declares France a republic
All adult males gain the right to vote and hold office. Although women didn't get the same rights. -
Lpuis XVI is no longer king. The radical Jacobinstried him for treason and he was found guilty.
-
Louis XVI gets his head cut off.
-
Great Britian, Holand, and Spain join Prussia and Austria in fighting France.
National Assembly brings in 300,000 France citizens to the army. -
Robespierre governed France nearly as dictator. This period became known as the Reighn of Terror.
Approximatley 3,000 were executed in Paris. -
Maximilen sets out to gather power in his hands.
He becomes the leader of the comitte of public safety. He decided who should be considered an enemy of the republic. The commitee had people tried and executed in the same day. -
Marie Antoinette exected.
Revelutionary courts declare death sentences on those that challenge Robespierre. -
The national comittee turns on Robespierre, claiming that he is a tyrant. He is executed on July 28th.
-
Leaders in the national conventional draft a new constitution.
It creates two house legislature and executive body of 5 men known as the directory.
