D.WIng French rev

By WingKKU

  • Louis XVI Calls the Estates General

    Louis XVI Calls the Estates General
    Louis XVI calls the Estate General when France was on the edge of bankruptcy, bread riots were spreading and the nobles were scared of being taxed
    Who? Louis XVI
    What? Call to the Estate General
    Where? France
    Where? France

  • Divided French Society/Financial troubles

    Divided French Society/Financial troubles
    Who? French Society
    What? The French society being divided
    Where? Franch
    How? Divided up into 3 estates. Estate #1- Clergy, Estate #2-nobility, Estate # 3- The vast majority of the rest of the population.

  • Parisians storm the Bastille

    Parisians storm the Bastille
    More than 800 Parisians waited outside the Bastille wanting gunpowder and weapons that they thought was there.
    Who? Parisians
    What? Parisians storm the Bastille
    Where? Verailles, France
    Why? The Parisians wanted weapons and gunpowder.
    How? The commander refused to open the doors of Bastille and opened fire on the crowd. It turned into a battle and the mob broke through and killed the commander and 5 guards and released a bunch of prisoners.

  • Revolt/National Assembly Acts

    Revolt/National Assembly Acts
    Food crisis with people starving and struggling to feed there families.
    Who? French women
    What? Food Crisis
    Where? The mob went to Paris first to gather arms and then marched to Versailles.
    Why? They were starving and they needed to feed their family.

  • Threats from abroad

    Threats from abroad
    The king of Prussia and emperor of Austria issued a declaration to defend the French Monarchy.
    Who? Prussia, Austria
    What? Defending French Monarchy
    Where? Paris
    Why? Because they wanted to defend the French Monarchy
    How? Created The Declaration of Pilnitz.

  • The radicals take over France and gain control

    The radicals take over France and gain control
    Who? The Radical group
    What? The radicals gain control of France
    Where? France
    Why? Because the radicals wanted control of France.

  • Monarchy is abolished

    Monarchy is abolished
    Who? Radicals and Jacobin
    What? Abolished monarchy and voted to establish the French Republic
    Where? France

  • Robespierre

    Robespierre
    Who? Robespierre
    What? Terro and danger come into France
    Where? France
    How? The French begin to get worried and terrified of what to do next and how to make it through these tough times.

  • Nationalism spreads

    Nationalism spreads
    Who? Sons and daughters of the Revolution
    What? Nationalism
    Where? France
    How? The French government rallied people together that had nationalism for the country of France

  • The Revolution enters its third stage

    The Revolution enters its third stage
    Who? Napolean Bonaparte, Directory, French
    What? France came up with a directory, a 2 house legislative
    Where? France
    How? They made a new constitution to create the directory