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Louis XVI calls the Estates-General
Louis XVI summond the Estates general to meet at Versailles -
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Revolt/National Assembly Acts [ Rights of man, Womens March, Church, Consition] part 1
many revolts, the National Assembly takes over womens march many important events happen. -
Storming the bastille
The french revloutaries stormed and took the bastille -
Delegates Take the Tennis court oath
Delegates deadlocked over the issue of voting. -
radicals take over
the king of prussia and the emperor of austria- marie antoinettes brother made a declaration of pilnitz the two rulers threatend to intervine but it was mostly a bluff but the revolutionaries took it seirously and they prepared for war. -
civil war ( radicals take over)
San-culottes or with breeches were working class men and women who took it more radically they demanded for a republic or a goverment that had to vote for elected representives. And jocobsins were mostly middle class lawyers or intellectails they used press to spread the republican cause. -
Radical days of revolution
Parisians stormed thr royal palace of the tuiles and slaughterd the royal gaurds. -
monarchy aboslished #2
a group of parisians took the rpyal palace and killed all french royal gaurds. a month later citizens attack prisons that held nobles and priests acused of political offences about 1,22 prisoners were killed. -
Monarchy is abolished
Prussian armys advance through raw french recruits, roualist officers were deserting the french army. -
Monarchy aboslished #3
on a foggy january moring louis mounted a scoffolding and started his speech before he was done talking the sound of drums drownd out his words a few moments later he was exucuted the executiner held up his head to the crowd. in october marie antoinette was exucuted the press celebrated however she showed great dignity as she whent to her death. -
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Robespierre and the reign of terror
revolutionary courts conducted hasty trials. spectaters greeted death sentences with cries of "hail the republic!" or "Death to traitors" -
Third stage of revolution
the constitution of 1795 set up fiveman directory and a two house legislature elected by male citizens of property. -
Third stage of revolution #2
in the election of 1797 supporters of constocial monarchy won big time as chaos threatend politicians turned to napoleon. -
spread of nationalism
france spreads nationalism through eropue