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National Assembly
The Estates-General meets together as a single body. -
Confiscation
The National Assembly begins to confiscate Church land for revenue. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Preamble to their own Constitution. Based upon the US Constitution, it stated that all men are created equal. -
Meeting at Versailles
The Estates-General convenes at Versailles, which is the first to happen in 175 years. -
National Assembly
The Third Estate delegates to the Estates-General declare themselves the National Assembly, and break off from the Estates-General. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate met separately from the First and Second Estate to declare that they would not stop meeting until a constitution was made. -
The Storming of the Bastille
In a response to King Louis XVI calling French troops to Paris, the people were frightened and believed they needed to arm themselves. The Bastille was the prison that stored most of the gun powder. -
Start of Great Fear
The Great Fear was the time of imcreased panic amongst the French people at the start of the Revolution. -
End of Great Fear
(See "Start of Great Fear") -
August Decrees
The National Assembly abolished the feudal system -
Women's March on Versailles
The French women stormed the royal palace to protest the rising prices of bread. The peaceful protest turned violent when their cries fell on deaf ears, and they swarmed the palace to take Louis and Marie. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
An attempt to nationalize the Catholic Church. -
Flight to Varennes
King Louis and Queen Marie Antoinette attempted to escape France to develop an army to take back their throne. Their plans were thwarted when they were stopped only a few miles from the border. -
Declaration of Pilllnitz
Frederick the Great issues a joint declaration expressing his concerns about the developments in France. -
Limited Monarchy
Louis accepts the new constitution, establishing a limited monarchy. A limited monarchy is simply established when the powers of the ruling monarch are contained by legislation. -
Trial of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI is put on trial for his crimes against the French people and the revolution. He is executed for treason. -
Declaration of War
France declares war on Austria. -
Brunswick Manifesto
Brunswick threatens to destroy Paris if King Louis XVI (and/or his family) is harmed. -
Tuileries Palace
The Palace is stormed -
September Massacres
The mass killings from September 2-7 during 1792. -
Committee of Public Safety is Established
Lead by Robespierre, the Committee of Public Safety was designed to maintain its hold over the direction of the French Revolution. The most common method of making sure French citizens followed the law was to execute them if they broke the law. -
Death of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI was executed for treason. -
Price Controls
Price controls are enacted to aid the sans-culottes and mobilize the war effort. -
Thermidorian Reaction
Robespierre was denounced by the National Convention as a tyrant, which lead to him and his counterparts being arrested.
