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Estates General Called
This was an assembly involving three estates, including nobility, the commoners, and and the clergy, they all had different amounts over power within the vote, overall the unfairness led to the start of the French Revolution -
National Assembly Formed
The national assembly was formed and ran by mostly all commoners until some nobility and clergy estate members joined the assembly later on, the goal of the assembly was to go against the government due to the middle-lower class having an injustice withing their say in the law -
Tennis Court Oath
An oath brought to the national party, stating they will not disperse until a constitution is passed in France -
Women's March on Versailles
The women and rebellions were enraged by the countries prices on bread and food products, so they stormed from Paris to Versailles to find and confront the king and queen at their home -
The Storming of the Bastille
The commoners had stolen lots of guns yet could not find any gun power for them, because of this they raided the Bastille in order to steal some and be able to use their guns -
Constitutional Monarchy Formed
This was the first try to create a constitution in France, within less than a year it was outdates and unable to be used to to the recent events, because of this they were forced to form another one -
Mob Overthrows the Constitutional Monarchy, New National Convention, France a Republic
Was a civil war in which the mob won and overthrew the government, because of this major event, the one year old constitution needed to be recreated to the new government's ideals, and laws -
King Louis XVI (Jan. 21) & Marie Antoinette (Oct. 19) Beheaded
The death sentences to King Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette (Current King & Wife), was a very important event within the french revolution since it finally removed all power from the king as a leader, and now only a figurehead -
Reign of Terror Begins
This was the start to a mass killing by the two fighting governments, with the use of the guillotine and the leaders love for it sparked a large amount of death sentences to so government involved people as well as regular citizens, this was how they resolved every legal issue during the time whether it was the worst crime possible or just talking bad about the government, the guillotine killed around 40,000 people during this time. -
Reign of Terror Ends
After a long painful period it finally came to an end when the creator of the guillotine was executed by his own invention