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This was when the third estate, which were the majority of the people were being over taxed by the French Government. It led to the third estate demanding reform at the Call of the Estates Generals and signaled revolution. -
As the third estate was trying to assemble in their meeting place, they found that they were locked out. They went to a indoor tennis court and pledged that they wouldn’t disband until a written constitution had been made. -
A mob of people in Paris stormed Bastille, they went to free the political prisoners and hoped to get weapons and ammunition as well. There were seven prisoners in Bastille when it was stormed. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man was made to declare the freedoms that all men were born with. It was the individual and collective rights of the people fo the French Revolution at the time. -
This march began with mostly women who were outraged by the scarcity and expensive price of bread. They marched to the king and demanded change which were successfully pressed unto him. -
This was an attempt to regulate the power held by the church over the French Government. It turned many devote Catholics against the revolution due to the church’s disapproval of the proposal. -
The Royal Family tried to escape Paris in order to lead a counter revolution. They failed and were stopped and arrested in a town called Varennes-en-Argonne. -
King Louis XVI was executed on January 21, 1793 after being convicted by the French National Committee of conspiracy with foreign powers. He was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
Maximilien Robespierre who was the leader of the Jacobins, was executed and the power of the Jacobins fall with him. As a result of this, the Girondins gain more power. -
Starting September 1793, The Reign of Terror was a time period in which violence was incited by two different political sides. Its purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. -
The French Revolution came to an end whenever the revolutionary government was overthrown and the French Consulate was created. Napoleon Bonaparte was the leader of the French Consulate and was the general in charge of overthrowing the revolutionary government.