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Robespierre comes to power
Was elected to the Estates General in 1789 by Artois. He attached himself to the extreme left wing, and soon commanded attention. His influence grew daily, and the mob frantically admired his earnest cant and his boasted incorruptibility. -
Louis calls the Estates-General
The French economy was in a terrible state. He wanted someone to say some magic words and make everything good again. but, economic problems are not so easy to solve, especially as the king was not up to taking measures which might prove ruling with the classes. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate decided to break from the Estates General and draw up their own constitution. They also dubbed themselves the "National Assembly." -
Storming of the Bastille
A group formed of craftsmen and salesmen decided to fight back and ran to the Invalides to steal some weapons because the prison was seen as a symbol of the might of the monarchy. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, or Declaration of Human and Civic Rights. -
March to Versailles
Large group of French women came together in the central marketplace of Paris and force the high prices of bread to go down. -
Louis’s Trial
Assembly had been replaced by the Convention as the official government of France. The Convention was divided into two factions: Jacobins and Girondins. -
The Terror
Was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions.
