beginning of the french revolution

By rickydrakev

  • Louis XVI calls the Estates-General

    a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm summoned by Louis XVI to propose solutions to France's financial problems

  • The Tennis Court Oath

    the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath in the tennis court which had been built in 1686 for the use of the Palace of Versailles.

  • Storming the Bastille

    The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France when revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armory fortress and political prison known as the Bastille. After four hours of fighting and 94 deaths the insurgents were able to enter the Bastille

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution.

  • The National Assembly

    During the French Revolution, the National Assembly, which existed from 17 June 1789 to 9 July 1789, was a revolutionary assembly of the Kingdom of France formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General and eventually joined by some members of the First and Second Estates

  • Women March on Versailles

    The Women's March on Versailles, also known as the October March, the October Days or simply the March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution.

  • The royal family tries to escape

    Prodded by the queen, Louis committed himself and his family to a disastrous escape attempt from the capital to the eastern frontier on 21 June 1791

  • Revolts in Paris and the Provinces

    The Federalist revolts were uprisings that broke out in various parts of France in the summer of 1793, during the French Revolution.

  • definitions

    cashiers-an exercise book or notebook.
    Bourgeoisie-the middle class Deficit spending-when a government's expenditures exceed its revenues during a fiscal period, causing it to run a budget deficit. Reforms of the National Assembly
    Controlling the Church-suspended the old judicial system and declared the property of the Church to be at the disposal of the nation. The Constitution of 1791 established a limited monarchy with a clear separation of powers.