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French Revolution
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The Tennis Court Oath
The tennis court oath solidified the purpose of the revolutionaries. It was to take all the necessary efforts to overthrow the monarchy and establish a new constitution. -
The Storming of the Bastille
When middle class and working class people stormed into this prison called The Bastille searching for weapons that were supposedly stored inside. There were weapons, but very few, and there were also very few prisoners. -
End of Feudalism and Serfdom
Was announced by the National Assembly.This was done becauseThe National Assembly wanted to establish France a constitution that declared it a republic nation -
The declaration of the Rights of Men
The Rights of men was issued by The National Assembly.Is a document of the French Revolution.Being the individual and collective rights of all esates of realm as universal.Influenced by the "Natural Rights". -
March on Versallies
This was one of the most important event of the French Revolution.Womens marched to Varsailles for rioting over the high prices and sacracting of bread.The event ended the independent authority of the king. -
France declared war on Austria
On April 20, 1792 France declared war on Austria. That began the War of the First Coalition. The French suffered initial defeats in the field. -
Louis XVI Arrested
Louis XVI and his family were on house arrest.Then later on he tried to flee the country with his family and requested the help of other European monarchs to overcome this revolution and restore the monarchy in France. -
The Reigh of Terror
Was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins; executions of "enemies of the revolution". The death ranged in the ten thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine and another 25,000 executions across France. -
The Directory Herald the end of French Revolution
Was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate. The period of this regime (2 November 1795 until 10 November 1799), commonly known as the Directory era, constitutes the second to last stage of the French Revolution. -
National Assembly arrested Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution.
