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Tennis Court Oath
The tennis court oath was the third estate meeting place because the king had locked them out of their meeting room. The third estate sat down and wrote a new constitution. The king could see they were beginning to get power. -
Attack on the Bastille
The Bastille was a state prison that Louis XVI sent prisoners to that had to reason to be there. The people were there to get gun powder and guns to take over France. This signaled the start of the French Revolution. -
The Great Fear
The Great Fear was a panic across France. The peasants and the rest of the third estate were growing uneasy because the king was bringing in more soldiers. This lead the peasants to try and get control be storming the Bastille. -
Women's March to Versailles
The Women's March to Versailles was to talk to the King and Queen. The people were hungry and cold at the King and Queen made them wait. All they wanted was food for themselves. -
Flight to Varennes
King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their family tried to escape France. The escape was unsuccessful. They were arrested after someone recognized them. -
Louis XVI
Louis XVI was the last monarch of France. He was married to Marie Antoinette. Louis did not want to give up his power to the people of France. -
Execution of Louis XVI
Louis XVI was executed by the guillotine. He was put to death for conspiracy theory with foreign nations. He was put to death the next day. -
Charlotte Corday
Corday was a figure in the French revolution. She was executed by guillotine. She was executed for the assassination of leader Jean-Paul Marat. -
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was married to Louis XVI. She was the Queen. Antoinette did not understand what the people of France were going through. She liked to have lavish parties and to buy/have expensive dresses/things to do. -
Olympe de Gouges
Gouges was a writer and a political activist on women's rights. She was very outspoken and challenged male authority. She was executed in the Reign of Terror by guillotine. -
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was the leader of the Reign of Terror. He executed more than 40,000 people. He was overthrown and executed. -
Reign of Terror
The reign of terror was a time of killing people. The people were killed by the use of the guillotine. The leader of the Reign of Terror is Maximilien Robespierre. -
Jacques Necker
Necker was a finance minister for Louis XVI. He was also a banker. Necker resigned from the job because he was telling people about how much money France had. He played a part in the storming of the Bastille. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon was a French military leader. He rose into power during the French Revolution. Most of the the French people liked him. -
Marquis de Lafayette
Lafayette was a key figure in the French Revolution. He was appointed to the Assembly of Nobles in 1787. He commanded several troops in America and fought in the American Revolutionary War.
