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1789-1798
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Estates General is Called
Delegates form the 3 Estates. Discussion of the poor fiancial matters. Had a list of grievances and could only borrow money or raise taxes by calling a meeting of the estates general. -
Tennis Court Oath
a pledge signed by 576/577 members from the 3rd estate who were locked out of a meeting of the estates-general on 20 June 1789, -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Adopted August 26, 1789. The refusal of King Louis XVI to approve the declaration helped bring about increased revolutionary activity in October 1789. Influenced by the Declaration of Independence and circumstances of the revolution. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Required the election of priests and bishops by the voters and closed the church's monasteries and convents. Seized property from the Catholic Church -
Trial and Death of Louis XVI
Louis XVI opposed the revolution. He was arrested in 1791, was tried and convicted for treason, and was guillotined on January 21, 1793. -
Reign of Terror
1789-1799: The revollutionary government killed thousands of people in a wave of executions intended to defend the revolution. -
9th of Thermidor
On July 27, 1794, known in France as the 9th of Thermidor was the day that Robespierre's enemies attacked him as a tyrant. He was executed the next day effectively ending the Reign of Terror. -
Bastille Day
Holiday of France corresponding to Independence Day. The people of Paris attacked and captured the Bastille on July 14th, 1798.
