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Estates General Is Called
Meeting of the Estates General to approve new taxes in Versailles, with each of the Estates getting 300 representatives. The meeting of the Estates general eventually leads to the formation of the National Assembly, making this an important event in the French Revolution -
Tennis Court Oath
After being locked out of their meeting place, the National Assembly meets next door on the tennis court. They take an oath not to dismiss until a new constitution has been written, called the Tennis Court Oath -
Bastille Day
In search of gunpowder, a Parisian mob stormed the Bastille, a French prison and a sybol of oppression -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Passed by the National Assembly. It is a new constitution for France, based off of the concept of Sovereign Nation and General Will by Rousseau -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Passed by the National Assembly. Its purposes were to raise money and end special privileges of the clergy. It creates a new church structure. Now the government pays salaries, all church land is seized, and monastaries are abolished. -
Trial of Louis XVI
Letters are found in the Tuilleries.The King is Charged with Treason -
The Execution of Louis XVI
Louis XVI is executed by guillotine -
The Reign of Terror (Beginning)
Rule of Maximilion Robespierre. He was an extreme leader of the Jacobins. He believed that "people must be forced to be free". Under his rule, between 17,000 and 40,000 are killed -
9th of Thermidor and End of Reign of Terror
On the 9th of Thermidor of the revolutionary calendar, enemies of Robespierre unite and arrest him, and he is guillotined
