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Thomas-French Revolution
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Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate is locked out of the National Assembly, and thus they move to the tennis court next door and draft their own constitition. This later becomes the Declaration of the Rights of Man -
Storming of the Bastille
A mob of French citizens storm the Bastille in order to gain weapons to defend themselves against the royalists. After they took the Bastille, the tore it down by hand. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
Established a new standard system of rights for all French citizens. -
March to Versailles
Started as a group of women who were upset about the giant price of bread. They ended up forcing the royal family out of the palace and moving them into Paris. -
Louis' Trial
(Former) King Louis XVI is put on trial for betraying and abandoning his country, He is found guilty and beheaded. -
Robespierre comes to power
Maximilien Robespierre come to power as a Member of the Committe of Public Saftey. Ironically, he is responsible for many beheadings, and was eventually beheaded himself. -
The Terror
A period where the main leaders of the revolution (Robespierre) were extremly paranoid about people wanting to sabatage the revolution. So everyone that they thought were traitors, they beheaded. -
Robespierre Killed
Robespierre says that he has a new list of traitors, but he didn't reveal the new list. Worried that they might be on the list, the other members of the new government arrest Robespierre. He tries to commit suicide, but fails. He is then beheaded, marking the end of the French Revolution.
