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Louis XVI Called Estates General
Louis XVI summoned the Estates General, an assembly representing all three estates. Later in the year the number of representatives for the third estate was doubled. -
National Assembly established
Deputies of the Third Estate declared themselves the National Assembly -
Tennis Court Oath
Thinking that the nobles locked the doors to their meeting place in Versailles, the first and third estates met in the king’s tennis court and
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Fall of Bastille
There were riots against the price of bread, and the Bastille had gunpowder that the commoners wanted so they stormed the prison. It was the first violent and symbolic attack against the King. It's considered the Birthday of the Country: Bastille Day July 14 -
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The Great Fear
Rural unrest had been present in France since the worsening grain shortage of the spring, and fueled by the rumors of an aristocrat "famine plot" to starve or burn out the population, peasant and town people mobilized in many regions -
THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN
The National Assembly adopted "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen", where they demanded the rights of the people and responsibility of the government. -
The Women's march
Parisian women lead a march to Versailles, and escorted the royal family back to paris. -
Assembly abolished hereditary titles
"The National Assembly decrees that hereditary nobility is forever abolished. Consequently, the titles of Prince, Duke, Count, Marquis, Viscount, Vidame, Baron, Knight, Lord, Squire, Noble, and all other similar titles shall neither be accepted by, nor bestowed upon, anyone whomsoever." -
Royal family attempted to flee
The royal attempted to flee the country and were arrested at Varennes. -
Louis XVI accepted the new consitution
Louis feared civil war more than he did the prospect of becoming a constitutional monarch. He thus accepted the new constitution, swearing an oath before the National Assembly. -
First use of the guillotine
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National Convention
The National Convention, the constitutional and legislative assembly of France, proclaimed France a republic -
Trial of Louis XVI opens
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Louis XVI guillotined
The execution of Louis XVI, by the guillotine, took place on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution ("Revolution Square"), in Paris. -
Execution of Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette's hair was cut off and she was driven through Paris in an open cart, on the 16th of October 1793, Marie Antoinette was beheaded at the Place de la Révolution. -
Jacobin club closed
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Napoleon named commander in chief of the army in Italy
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Decree of Death Penalty
Decree calling for death penalty against those who promote royalism or the resoration of the constitution of 1793 -
Napoleon proclaimed emperor
