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Tennis Court Oath
The National Assembly meets at a Tennis Court to make an oath to create a constitution -
Storming of Bastille
Bastille, a fortress armory and political prison in prison. It represented a royal authority in Paris and was a flashpoint in the French Revolution -
National Assembly renounces feudal rights. Jacobin club formed.
National Assembly completely renounces seigneurial rights of the second estate, and the tithes gathered from the first estate. -
Declaration of Rights and Man
France's National Constituent Assembly passed the document influenced by Thomas Jefferson. -
Women's March on Versailles
A horde of women break into the palace of Versailles and pressed demands for King Louis XVI, his family, and most of the French Assembly to go back to Paris with them. -
Flight to Varennes
The king and his family unsuccessfully tried to escape Paris in order to initiate a counter revolution in Montmédy -
French First Republic
It was established after the fall of the monarchy the establishment of the National Convention and the Reign of Terror. -
Revolutionary Calendar
played a role in the dechristianization of France, the new calendar had new names for the months with different intervals of time. -
Uprising in Vendee
An uprising in Vendee occured, and was counter revolutionary and Royalist. -
Reign of Terror
Period of violence during the French Revolution stirred by the conflict between the Girondins and Jacobins. -
Price Control; Dechrstianization
economy is stabilized by the government. Dechristianization, saints names removed from streets, and etc. -
Death of Robespierre
Robespierre dies, the Reign of Terror ends. -
Churches Reopen
Churches reopened. The dechristianization of France was unsuccessful. -
New Constitution
A new constitution is adopted, and a new government is formed called the Directory.
