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The 1st stage of the French Revolution, a period in which France is in a political, economical and cultural crisis.
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The assembly of notables was a group of high-ranking nobles and state functionaries convened by the king on extraordinary occasions to consult on matters of state.
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During the spring and summer of 1788, there was unrest among the populace in Paris, Grenoble, Dijon, Toulouse, Pau, and Rennes. The king, Louis XVI, had to yield.
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The 2nd stage of the French Revolution, a period in which the third estate representatives become the National Assembly and write a constitution.
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An assembly made of representatives of the three estates that was called into a meeting by the king Louis XVI to solve the financial crisis.
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The Estates-General met at Versailles on May 5, 1789. They were immediately divided over a fundamental issue: should they vote by head or not?
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When the king refuses to allow an individual vote, the third estate deputies declare themselves the National Assembly
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The National Assembly becomes the National Constituent Assembly and begans to write a constitution for france
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The people of Paris, aware of the current situation and alarmed by seeing royal troops in the city storm the Bastille,a symbol of royal authority
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The National Constituent Assembly established the principle of equality of all men. They ended the seigneurial rights and the Catholic Church tithes.
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The National Constituent assembly proclaims the declaration of the rigths of men and the citizen, a statement of the natural and inalienable rights of all men
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Constitution is passed. It is the first of its kind in Europe.
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Louis XVI gives his assent to the new constitution
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Elections for the Legislative Assembly are celebrated
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A timespan where the third states deputies declare themselves the National
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A regulation is proposed by Maximilien Robespierre and passed by the National Constituent Assembly
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Louis XVI and his family failed the attempt to flee Paris
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Louis XVI formally signs the new constitution
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Legislative Assembly is established
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The Legislative Assembly is formed
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People attack the Tuileries Palace
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Legislative Assembly replaced by the National Convention
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A period in which the National Convention is created and the Girondins governed peacefully unlike their rivals the Jacobins.
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The guillotine becomes the official method of execution
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France declares the War to Austria
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The September Massacres start, where thousands of political prisoners are killed before they can be freed by royalist troops
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The September Massacres finishes
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Legislative Assembly is disbanded
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The National Convention is established
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The new republic is governed by a new assembly called the National Convention, separated in two factions: the Girondins and the Jacobins
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The First French Republic is founded
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The king Louis XVI is condemned and guillotined because they found a secret hiding place in the Tuileries Palace with documents containing evidence of his treachery
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A republican constitution is created after one of the National Convention faction(Jacobins) took control and governed by themselves. This constitution recognised the universal male suffrage
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A bloody and violent period started by the Jacobins and ended with the execution of Robespierre
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The wife of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, was executed for depletion of the national treasury, conspiracy against the state and treason.
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Robespierre, a Jacobin leader was executed because of a coup d'état, resulting in the end of the Reign of Terror
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A period in which the Girondins regain control and governed in a more moderated way. They also divided the power into 5 people so nothing like the Reign of Terror happens again.
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This is a period of represals against the Jacobin leaders and supporters because all of the violence and deaths.
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This constitution established a new form of governing called the Directory, a committee of 5 members, so that power would not depend on just one person.
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Napoleon fought against the kingdom of Sardinia -that was part of the anti-French coalition- and defeated them
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Napoleon forced the Austrians to sign the Treaty of Campo Formio
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The Kingdom of Spain and the First French Republic signed the Treaty of San Ildefonso and combined forces against their greatest enemy Great Britain
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The Coup of 18 Fructidor, Year V, was a seizure of power by members of the French Directory on when their opponents, the Royalists, were gaining strength
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A period in which Napoleon stands out, he is elected the First Consul for Life and he remodeled many things such as the legal system, the possibility to get a job and he reestablishes relations with the catholic church.
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This coup d'état replaced the Directory with the French Consulate and brought Napoleon to power as First Consul for Life
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The Napoleonic Code is a new legal system that replaces the legislation of the ancien régime and unifies the French legal system.
