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1789
Lois XVI accepted to call a meeting of The Estates General (The traditional meeting of the three estates) because he needed to raise taxes. -
National Assembly(1789-1791) June 17, 1789
The Tennis Court Oath-They Pledge to not disband until a constitution was created.This started the beginning of the political French Revolution -
Estates General May 5,1789 and June 17, 1789
The Estates General is called, but instead of bowing to the king it takes basic action, declaring itself a Legislative Assembly.-The Third Estate declared themselves the National Assembly and they made the Tennis Court Oath. -
July 14, 1789
The people of Paris attacked Bastille because they needed gun powder for their guns that they stole from the museum. -
August 4,1789 andAugust 27,1789
The National Assembly ended feudalism and serfdom in France.August 27, 1789- The National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man -
October 5, 1789
The women from Paris invade Versailles so they force the King to move to Paris because they were outraged over poor conditions. -
June 20, 1791
Louis XVI and his family try to escape France. Louis XVI was noticed by a man on the street he then called the people from the city and then Louis XVI was arrested. He was then sent back to France. -
1792
A second Revolution occurs. Jacobins and the Sansculottes force the creation of a French Republic. The Legislative Assembly is replaced by the new National Convention. -
January 21, 1793
Louis XVI was executed by the Guillotine. -
OCtober 14, 1793
Marie-Antoinette tried and executed in public unlike Louis XVI.
