The French Revolution

By ELHamm

  • Start

    The French Revolution is agreed to have started in 1789

  • The Estates General

    The King calls the Three Estates

  • Tennis Court Oath

    The Third Estate met by themselves without the King or Church and took an oath now called the Tennis Court Oath

  • The Tennis Court Oath

    The Third Estate takes the an oath that makes them the only body in France

  • National Constituent Assembly

    The Three Estates meets after the Tennis Court Oath

  • Fall of the Bastille

    A mob broke into the fortress and broke out the prisoners after the Assembly failed

  • The beheading of King Louis XVI

    The King was beheaded by the revolution

  • The Reign of Terror Begins

    The Reign of Terror was a period in the French Revolution where a group of men ruled and executed anyone they thought was bad

  • End

    The Revolution ended in the late 1790s with the rise of Napoleon

  • Coup of 18 Brumaire

    The Coup of 18 Brumaire led to the rise of Napoleon