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Execution of Robespierre

1794 BCE

Maximilien Robespierre, leader of the Jacobins, is executed and the power of the Jacobins fall with him. The Girondins gain more power as a result.

Execution of the King

1793 BCE

King Louis XVI were executed. One day after being convicted with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed in the place of Revolution in Paris. It is important because it marked the end of ancient regime that was insensitive towards the French people.

Reign of Terror (September 1793- July 1794)

1793 BCE

Thousands of people are sentenced to death by execution that is caused by conflict between two political parties. The importance of this period is because it's purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders.

Royal family attempts to flee

1791 BCE

This was a major event in the French Revolution as it led to the eventual deaths of both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Civil constitution of the clergy

1790 BCE

In that period there was a need to create a new administrative and financial work for the French Church after the revolutionary. Why is it important? An attempt to reorganize the Roman Catholic Church in France on a national basis. It caused the French Church and made many catholics turn against the Revolution.

The Third Estate declares the National Assembly.

1789 BCE

The Estates convened by Louis XVI to deal with France's financial crisis, also the third Estate declared themselves redefined as the National Assembly, an assembly not of the estates but of the people.
I think it's important because it demanded the king make economic reforms to promise that people had food to eat.

Storming of the Bastille

1789 BCE

who stormed the Bastille were mostly craftsmen and store owners who lived in Paris. They were members of a French social class called the "Third Estate". There were around 1000 men who participated in this attack. It's important because It signified the beginning of the French Revolution.

The declaration of the rights of man

1789 BCE

This event is a fundamental document of the French Revolution that granted civil rights to some commoners, And it excluded a significant segment of the French population. This paper is important because it explains a list of rights, such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and separation of powers.

Tennis Court Oath

1789 BCE

After being removed from the Third Estate forms(the National Assembly). They swear to the Tennis Court saying that they will not leave until it's back. It is important because the signatories made it clear that the Monarch had no authority to dissolve the assembly.

March on Versailles

1789 BCE

The Women's March on Versailles was an important event at the start of the French Revolution. It gave the revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king.