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bad harvest , costly wars
May 5, 1789 ,after bad haversts and costly wars, King Louis XVI is forced to convene the Estates General assembly (meeting of represnetives of the Three Estates) in order to raise taxes. -
issues
August 27 1789 Assembly issues Declayration of the Rights of Man. -
tennis courts
June 29, 1789 Tennis court oath. nat. ass. resolves not to disband until it has written a constitution. -
Bastille
July 14, 1789: Bastille stormed and taken by a Paris mob -
assembly
August 4, 1789 Nobles in National Assembly renounce feudal rights Jacobin Club formed. -
King Louis
October 5-6 1789 King Louis brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris. -
flees
june 20-21 1791, king flees to Austria and is caught at varennes -
mob
august 10 1792 , paris mob storms royal palace legasltive assembly government collaspe minister of justice daton purgoes thousands of presumed tratiors -
convention
septerber 21 1792 national convnetion condermns and excutes king -
revolt
febuary 1793 counter revolutuonary revolt in the Vendee region begins -
regin of terror
march 1793 '' reign of terror '' by Committiee of Public Safety begins. -
price controls
fall 1793 price controls put into place by the governmant -
opening
febuary 21 1795 chruch reopned -
new constution
august 22 1795 new constutuin is adopted forming a new government called the directory -
government takeover
september 4 1797 givernment takeb over removes royalists from directory