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France's Economy Declines
Crop failures, lack of grain, high taxes, and bad weather all contributed to make France's economy decline since the cost of living was really high, -
Estates General Assembly Established
The Estates General Assembly consisted of members of the three estates. It was used mainly by the King to find a solution to France's poverty. -
National Assembly Established
The National Assembly was created mostly by members of the third estate willing to change the government of France. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath happened because the room that the National Assembly met, got locked by the government, therefore they entered a tennis court in Versailles and promised to make a good constitution for France. -
Storming the Bastille
The citizens tricked the guards and managed to take control of the Bastille, a prison in Paris. -
Fedualism Ends
The National Assembly finally swept out the fedual system and managed to get rid of estate privileges. -
Man and Citizen Rights Declaration
The National Assembly came together and decided upon a declaration of rights. -
Bread Riots
Women armed with pitchforks, knives, and axes protest on the Versilles and demanded the Royal Family to move back to Paris and give them bread. This is also known as the Great Fear. -
National Assembly Reforms France
The National Assembly decides to implement the Declaration of Rights of the Men and Citizen and to sell the Church's land to pay off what France owed. -
Royal Family Attempts to Flee
The Royal Family is now scared about the political mess in france and tries to flee. Unfortunately, they are caught so they were forced to quit their King and Queen status. -
New Constitution
The National Assembly created a new constitution that established a constitutional monarchy. This caused the Legislative Assembly to form, which was basically a form of a parliment. There were also people who didn't agree on a constitutional monarchy and wanted more change, such as sans-culottes, or less changes to the Old Régime so they split into factions. -
Legislative Assembly Declares war on Austria and Prussia
Austria and Prussia wanted Louis XVI back to power, as well as Émigrés, nobles that escaped France, so they declared war on both countries. -
Emprisionating of the Royal Family
The Royal Family was emprisioned by 20 thousand people in order to provoke the Prusians who threatened to destroy Paris if they harmed the king or queen. -
September Massacres
Jean-Paul Marat, a journalist, ordered all the prisioners to be executed since they might've been Prussians soldeirs wanting to destroy Paris. -
France Abolished the Monarchy
Georges Danton, a Jacobin lawyer, declared King Louis XVI as a citizen or prisoner. -
Louis XVI is Beheaded
King LouisXVI was taken to the guillotine where he was beheaded in front of all the citizens. -
More Countries Join the War
The Jacobin leaders encouraged people to join the army and fight Spain, Holland, Great Britan, Prussia, and Austria, therefore their armey grew from 300 thousand people to 800 thousand people. -
Robespierre Becomes Dictator
Maximilen Robespierre gains military power and becomes dictator. He starts beheading anyone who commits a crime and creates the "Reign of Terror". -
Robespierre is Beheaded
Members of the National Convention sent Robespierre to the guillotine to end his Reign of Terror. -
Napoleon Bonaparte Declared French Commander
The National Convention decides to make Napoleon Bonaparte the new commander of their armies.
