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Estate-General meets in Paris
King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the 3rd Estate. had not metr in 175 years. -
3rd Estates refusal
King Louis did not enforce the order. he wwas forced to act after the Third Estate called upon there Tennis Court Oath which then caused King Louis to obey the Third Estate. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Third Estate protested against the King until they gained a written constitution for France. King Louis relented and allowed each representative to have a vote. -
The Storming of the Bastille
A mob of Parisians went to the Bastille looking for weapons and tried to negotiate with the soldiers, however it didn't end up so well. they attacked the soldiers and stuck the ehad of one of the commanders on a long stick. -
Great Fear Begins
After the Fall of the Bastille people beleived that the King would punish them for there actions and end the revolution. people were spreading rumors of hired foreigners that were there to kill and massacre the people of the Third Estate. -
National Assembly abolishesd Feudalism
This Assembly eliminated all feudal dues and sevices that the peasants owed the land owners. they also eliminated the First Estates legal Priveledges. -
Call to Estates General
The King was in trouble. The nobility was not happy with his attempt to tax their estate. Nobility wanted to pass the cost once again on the Third Estate -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Basic principles of the French Revolution, "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, (Brotherhood)". Inspired by the Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, and the writings of Enlightenment Philosophers. "all men are born equal and remain equal before the law". -
Royal Family's Flight
Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, their children and closest servants fled Paris in secret, hoping to reach the Luxembourg border and to join the Austrian troops there. The royal party only made it as far as the small town of Varennes. A man called Drouet, who was a local postmaster, recognized them. Louis was brought back to Paris on June 22. Surrounded by the National Guard as they passed through the streets of the capital, the people watched the the royal family with silence and hostility -
New Constitution adopted
This new constitution changed France's governement, laws, and France itslef. it created many new things, one of which was the Declararion of the Rights of Man. it created new views on society and how people would be treated, trying to grant equality, but later on sadly created more difficult situations. -
Legeslative assembly
provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention. -
Brunswick warns the Royal family
As Prussian forces began their drive toward Paris, their commander, the Duke of Brunswick, demanded that Paris disarm and threatened to level the city if they resisted or if it harmed the royal family.The Duke of Brunswick warned Parisians to obey Louis XVI. He threatened them with violent punishment if they did not. -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
Gaurds were slaughtered, King Lous, Marie Antoinetter and their children all becam ecoimmoners and were thrown into prison. -
French Monarchy abolished
Revolutionary government votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first Republic. Royal family imprisoned. -
French defeat foreign invaders
France turns the tide of the war and takes the offensive against the invaders -
Execution of King Louis XVI
evidence of Louis XVI's counterrevolutionary intrigues with Austria and other foreign nations was discovered, and he was put on trial for treason by the National Convention.one day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
Committee of public safety established
The Committee of Public Safety was created by the National Convention in 1793. Originally consisting of nine members of the convention, it was formed as an administrative body to supervise and expedite the work of the executive bodies of the convention and of the government ministers appointed by the convention. -
Law of Suspects
authorized the creation of revolutionary tribunals to try those suspected of treason against the Republic and to punish those convicted with death. -
End of the Reign of Terror
Robespierre was finally accused of dictatorship and tyranny and evicted from the Convention. The members voted for his simultaneous eviction and execution, without allowing him to defend himself. The following day, Robespierre was beheaded to an ovation by the people of Paris. His death was the symbol of the Reign of Terror's end and the end of the democratic movement at the same time. -
Creation of the Directory
the directory was made with 5 members that were meant to help France with thiere probkems. however the members were weak and corrupt and got nothing done. -
Napolean named First Consul
During the time that Napoleon took over, France was in turmoil. Poverty and corruption were widespread.The Directory was replaced by a three-member Consulate, and Napoleon became First Consul. -
Coronation of Napolean Bonapart as Emperor of France
Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. Napoleon even paid for Pope Pius VII, who had signed the Concordat of Rome, to travel to France for the occasion, however, at the ceremony, Napoleon surprised everyone by not allowing the Pope to crown him. Instead, he placed the crown on his own head, and then crowned Josephine Empress
