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Bad Harvests
These harvests led to food shortages and unemployment. They were a catalyst to France's ecenomice woes. -
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French Revolution
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Meeting of the Estates General
The three estates met at Versailles to discuss the topic of ne taxes. -
The National Assembly
The third estate declares itself a new political party, The National Assembly, after they are locked out of the meeting of the Estates General. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Members of the third estate took an oath on a tennis court thath they would continue meeting until they had created a new constitution. -
Storming the Bastille
On this day, 900 Parisians storm the bastille in Paris in order to gather munitions for protection against the French army. Paris would be abandoned to the rebels. -
Declaration of the Right
This document was a charter of basic liberties inspired by the English Bill of Rights and American Declaration of Independence. -
King Louie the Sixteenth Accepts the Declaration
In response to thousands of Parisian women surrounding their palace at Versailles, King Louie had no choice but to sign the Declaration into law. -
Constitution of 1791
This costitutionset up a limited monarchy in which there was still a king, but a legislative assembly would make new laws. -
Louies' Execution
The king was beheaded on a guillotine due to fears that he might organize a force strong enough to end the revolution. -
Reign of Terror
Under the control of Robespierre, 40,000 people, that were believed to be counter-revolutionaries, were murdered. -
de-Christianization
Robespierre passed laws to ban the practice of Christianity, and a new calendar was also made. -
Revolutionary Army
To push an alliance of invading armies out of France, an army of 1,000,000 men. It was the largest force Europe had ever seen. -
Robespierre's Execution
For fear that they would become his next victims, deputies of the National convention voted to execute Robespierre. -
The Directory
As the result of the Constitution of 1995, two houses were set up to govern France. There was the lower house of 500 members and an upper house of 250 members. The members of the lower presented the upper house with candidates, of whom 5 would be chosen to be part of the directory. -
Napolean's Coup D'etat
As a result of the French government's over-reliance on the army, Napolean saw his chance to overthrow the government and set up a dictatorship in which he would crown himself emporer.