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The King was in trouble. The nobility was not happy with his attempt to tax their estate. Nobility wanted to pass the cost once again on the Third Estate.
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King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the 3rd Estate. Had not met in 175 years.
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3rd Estate declares themselves the National Assembly of France
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3rd Estate held a meeting of their own at the Tennis Court after getting locked out of the meeting. They vowed not to disband until they had written the French Constitution.
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Marquis Bernard and several of his guards got killed. 80 vetern soldiers got wounded in the field and 7 people got freed.
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Peasants rose against their Lords, the gathering troops around Paris provoked insurrection and peasants tried to overthrow the Third Estate. Chateaus and feudal docs were destroyed.
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Abolition of the feudal regima and of the tithe got decreed. King refused to sanction the decrres.
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17 articles served as the preamble to the Constitution of 1793 and 1795. People gained liberty, equality, the inviolability of property, and the right to resist oppression. All men were equal before the law.
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Women moved Louis XVI to Paris with the help of the National Assembly. They forced the royal family back to Paris where they took up residence at the Taileries. They demanded Bread from the king and quuen.
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The king got stopped at Varennes after trying to flee the country. The king's destination was the fortess town of Montmedy where he hoped to initiate a counter-revolution.
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Papal territory of Avigon got reunited with France. The new constitution was known as constitution monarchy. The king owned 1/3 of the government and Liberal Bourgeoisie controlled it. It's goal was to give liberty to the right people.
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The Legislative Assembly marks the beginning of the First Republic which provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the National Constituent Assembly and the National Convention.
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Brunswick threatens Paris that if the Royal family is harmed then the French civilians would be harmed. This was meant to intimidate Paris but rather it increased the revolution.
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The San-culottes cut off the head of the radical mayor. A mob of men and women stormed the Palace to try to make the king the last monarch France would ever have. King and queen took shelter with the Legislative Assembly.
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Revolutionary Gov't votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first Republic. Royal family imprisoned.
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France turns the tide of the war and takes the offensive against the invaders.
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Second Act execuated the king after being found guilty of treason. King dies at the age of 38. Paris and Russia sing partition treaty which divides Poland.
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National Convention creates committee. Committee forms the de facto execution government of France during the Reign of Terror. Committee turns out to be responsible for thousands of executions.
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Law allows for the creation of revoluntionary tribunals to try those who are susoected of treason against the Republic and to punish those convicted with death.
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Robespierre gets arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 enemies of the revolution. A vote from the Committee of Public Safety triggers his execution bringing an end to the most Radical phase of the revolution.
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A five-man revolutionary government gets created. Napolean Bonaparte earns fame, wealth, and the patronage of the new Directory. He becomes a national hero.
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France was in turmoil. Pverty and corruption were widespread. Napolean overthrew the French Directory and replaced it with the French Consulate.
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Pope Puis VII crowns Napolean at the Notre Dame Cathedral. he was the first French emperor in a thousand years.
