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Tennis Court Oath
One of the first events of the french revolution started with around 575 men getting locked out of the meeting of the estates general. With this they created in oath signed by all but one of the people in the tennis court room(hense the name). This became very significant as a start to people finally standing reblling agaisnt the king. -
Storming of Bastille
This was the eye opening point of the French revolution. The prison now as bastille was a kind of symbol of the authority in Paris. Theyy took the guards and dragged them through the streets stabbing at them and cutting their heads of. To king Louis, this was some kind of revolt. -
declaration of rights of man
This is a list of articles of mans individual rights mainly stating that all people of any rank have rights and can come up to object at any time. -
March to Versailles
The price of bread had gone up and the French women were not happy. To take care of this they marched to versailles and stormed through the gates demanding to the king their needs as they were armed with pitch forks and other weapons. This signified a type of power for women in tha time. -
Robespierre comes to power
Robespierres job that he did was mainly to accuse people for what they had done"wrong". He demanded universal suffrage adn no one could truly stop him, he earned himself the nickname of "the incorruptable". -
Louis's Trial
This important event was the want for the king to be guilty of being a traitor during a time of war. Louis was somewhat of a coward and his killing would bring happiness to most of France. -
The Terror
This events name is perfect for the emotions of the peolple of France. This time period left tens of thousands of people dead by the "unpainful" guillotine. The fear wsa caused by the problems with different political views making everyone who said something wrong, was killed. -
Robespierre is killed
Orginally the night before Robespierre was suppose to be executed, he tried to commit suicide only succeeding to shatter his lower shaw by shooting himself in the head. When people found him that night he then was moved to a different room for the remaining time of the night. He then was brought to be executed without a trial. They but his head in place and tour the bandage off keeping his jaw in place and before his neck was cut off there was a loud agonizing scream.
