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Estate General Taxes Meeting
King Louis XVI brought together the representatives of the 3 estates to take about the bad harvest and the costly war in order to raise taxes. -
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National Assembly Government
The revolutionary government was lead by the 3rd estate during this time -
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The Kings escape
The king tries to run from France to Austria, but is caught in Varennes. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court National assembly (made up of the 3rd estate that had been locked out of the estates general meeting) resolved not to disband until it had a written constitution. -
Bastille Prison Takeover
While it was storming, a Paris mob took over the Bastille prison, mainly for the mass amount of weapons stored in the prison. -
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Great Fear
peasants attack noble manners -
Formation of the Jacobin Club
The 2nd estate renounce the feudal right in the national assembly, and formed the Jacobin Club. The Jacobin's were a group of radical and ruthless democrats, who had started the ruin of terror with Robespierre, and pressed for the death of king Louis the XIV. -
The Rights of Man
The assembly issues the rights of man, which gave the French people rights such as the right to own land, freedom of speech and press, and no discrimination of religion. -
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King Louis travels to Paris
King Louis is brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris. -
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Legislative Assembly Government
the Constitutional government is lead by elected officials -
Legislative Assembly government collapse
A Paris mob storms the royal palace and the legislative assembly government collapse . Minister of Justice, Danton purges thousands of presumed traitors (enemies of the state) -
Abolishing of the Monarchy
France's new government abolishes its monarchy and declares itself a Republic -
Revolutionary calendar
In October, 1792 a revolutionary calendar was introduced with new days and month names, but the first day of the new calendar was on September 21st -
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National Convention Government
Elected by universal male suffrage to rewrite the constitution -
Goodbye King
The National Convention(new gov.) condemns the king of treason and is sentenced to death by guillotine. -
First Revolt
The counter-revolutionary revolt in the Vendee region starts. -
Reign of Terror begins
The Committee of Public Safety with Robespierre starts the Reign of Terror. -
Goodbye Robespierre
During the month of "Thermidor" Robespierre is guillotined and the Reign of terror ends. -
Welcome back God
The churches reopen -
Constitution!
The new constitution is adopted and the government is turned into a Directory -
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Directory Government
The new constitution has 2 houses, the Council of Ancients and the Concil of 500 -
Goodbye royalist
The new government remove the Royalist (loyal to the Monarchy) from the Directory, -
Goodbye Directory/French Revolution
Napoleon has a government takeover and abolishes the Directory and establishes a Consulate government and ends the French Revolution -
Dechristianization
Government adds price controls to the public, remove the saints names from the street names, and change hoe the government operates. (Fall)
