Fall of the bastille

Ch. 18 The French Revolution

By Sophiemj
  • Period: to

    Unsuccessful negotiations with the assembly of notables (PES)

  • Louis XVI summons the Estates General (P)

    POLITICAL

  • Approval of doubling of the Third Estate membership (P)

    POLITICAL

  • The Estates General opens at Versailles (P)

    POLITICAL
    -de Brienne replaces Calonne and attempts a land tax, rebuffed by parlement of Paris
    -Assembly of the Clergy refused a royal subsidy and decreased the don gratuit (voluntary contribution to the state)
    -When the provincial parlements made new demands and bankers refused a short term loan, Brienne called the Estates General
    -Brienne resigned and Calonne replaced him

  • The Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly (PS)

    POLITICAL
    Impending class conflict erupted on June 1st when the Third Estate invited the other two estates to join them in one unified body, declaring itself the national assembly, later changes to the National Constituent Assembly with the intent of writing a new constitution

  • The National Assembly takes the Tennis Court Oath (PS)

    POLITICAL
    when locked out of their chambers , the National Assembly med ad hoc in a nearby tennis court and refused to disband until recognized. The king recognized it on June 27
    It was later renamed the National Constituent Assembly

  • Fall of the Bastille in the city of Paris (SP)

    SOCIAL, POLITICAL
    Stormed looking for weapons, released the 7 prisioners

  • The Great Fear spreads in the countryside (SP)

    SOCIAL, POLITICAL
    Peasants in the countryside attack chateaux and burn legal records in The Great Fear: feared troops coming to area

  • The nobles surrender feudal rights at meeting of NCA (PE)

    (national constituent assembly)
    POLITICAL, ECONOMIC

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (PS)

    POLITICAL, SOCIAL
    proclaimed wide political rights in universal terms
    ***civil equality conflicted with th protection of property
    Women were not included in the equality debate

  • Women march to Versailles (PS)

    POLITICAL, SOCIAL
    Parisian women march to Versailles and force Louis XVI and his family to return to Paris

  • Civil Constitution of the Clergy adopted (PR)

    POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS

  • A new political constitution is accepted by the king (P)

    POLITICAL

  • Chapelier Law (PES)

    POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL
    Feudal dues eliminated for peasants and worker unions banned

  • Louis XVI and his family attempt to flee France and are stopped at Varennes (P)

    POLITICAL
    Caught in Varennes, put under house arrest

  • The Declaration of Pillnitz (P)

    POLITICAL
    Austria and Prussia swear to protect the French royal family; threatens the French

  • The Legislative Assembly meets (P)

    POLITICAL
    Constituional Monarchy (no previous reps, so inexperienced)

  • France declares war on Austria (P)

  • The Tuileries palace is stormed, and Louis XVI takes refuge with the Legislative Assembly (P)

  • The September Massacres begin, last 5 days (SP)

  • France wins the Battle of Valmy (P)

  • The Convention meets, and the monarchy is abolished (P)

  • King Louis XVI is executed (P)

  • France declares war on Great Britain (P)

  • Counterrevolution breaks out in the Vendee (SP)

  • the Committee of Public Safety is formed (S)

  • the Constitution of 1793 is adopted but not implemented (P)

  • Robespierre enters the Committee of Public Safety (S)

  • Levee en masse proclaimed (PS)

  • Maximum prices set on food and other commodities (ESP)

  • Queen Marie Antoinette is executed (P)

  • Women's societies and clubs banned (SP)

  • The Cult of Reason is proclaimed; the revolutionary calendar, biginning of Sept. 22, 1792, is adopted (SP)

  • Execution of the leaders of the sans-culottes known as the enrages (P)

  • Execution of Danton (P)

  • Cult of the Supreme Being proclaimed (S)

  • Robespierre leads the celebration of the Festival of the Supreme Being (SP)

  • The Law of 22 Prairial is adopted (PS)

  • The Ninth of Thermidor and the fall of Robespierre (PS)

  • Robespierre is executed (P)

  • Repeal of the Law of 22 Prairial (SP)

  • Reorganization of the Revolutionary Tribunal (PS)

  • Closing of Jacobin Club in Paris (SP)

  • Abolition of Revolutionary Tribunal (PS)

  • The Constitution of the Year III establishes the Directory (PS)

  • Two-Thirds Law adopted (P)

  • Babeuf's Conspiracy of Equals (PS)