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Estates General is called
Assembly of the 3 estates
Began the French Revolution
Led to the formation of the National Assembly -
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French Revolution
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Tennis Court Oath
Meeting of members of the 3rd Estate who were locked out of the meeting of the Estates General
Held in an indoor tennis court
Signified that French citizens formally stood in opposition to Louis XVI -
Bastille Day
The French fortress an prison, the Bastille, is stormed and captured by the rebels
First major step in the revolution -
Declaration of Rights of Man
Affirmed "the natural and imprescriptible rights of man" to "liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression"
Called for the destruction of aristocratic privileges -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Law passed during the French Revolution
Subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government
Banned monastic vows
Complete the destruction of the monastic orders -
Trial and Death of Louis XVI
Convicted of Treason
Sentanced to death
Executed by the Guillotine -
Reign of Terror
A period of violence after the onset of the French Revolution. Incited by 2 political factions: The Girodins and The Jacobins.
25,000 executions across France -
Period: to
Reign of Terror
A period of violence after the onset of the French Revolution. Incited by 2 political factions: The Girodins and The Jacobins.
25,000 executions across France -
9th of Thermidor
A revolt against the Reign of Terror
triggered by a vote of the Committee of Public Safety to execute Maximilien Robespierre, Antoine Louis Léon de Saint-Just de Richebourg and several other leading members of the Terror.
Ended on October 26, 1795