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The fall of Bastille
A large crowd stormed and raided the Hotel Ies Invalides, the large crowd managed to secure a large numbers of rifles. Their were able to get -
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The French Revolution
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The French Revolution
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The Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was created by the third estate because the king disband the national assembly. They decided to continue meeting until the King gave into their demands for more equality and economic reform. This tennis court included a lot of educated members of the Third Estate and two lawyers named Maximilien Robespierre and Georges Danton and some of the first two Estates also decided to join. -
The fall of Bastille
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Declaration of the Rights of Man Written
The Declaration of the Rights of man was added in the National Constituent Assembly. The Declaration of the Rights of man was a first step toward writing a constitution for France. These rights are resistance, property, security, and liberty to oppression. -
The Woman's March
The prices of bread were high and many people starts rioting about it, quickly thousands of woman gathered at the market ready for revolution. They carried the armory for weapons and marched to the Palace of Versailles, many people join their march on the way. They soon confronted the king and successfully pressed their demands for King Louis XVI, the crowd return the king and his family back to Paris. -
King's lost of power
The king lost most of his power from the lack of support for the revolution, the constitution of 1791 was created. His lost most of his power and become only a simple figurehead and a constitutional monarch. -
King tried to leave France
The king tried to leave France and retake his own country from abroad. They disguise as servants and went to the Austrian Netherland. They made a stop at a town of Varennes, and soon got exposed so they send the king back to Paris. This shows the lack of support for the revolution the king has, so many people think of him as a traitor. -
Guards Shooting Crowd
The Jacobin club was furious that the king wasn't removed after he try to escape France, people believe. They did a protest on the Champ de Mars calling for the king's removal, government send guards to disburse the crowd. The tension soon escalated, resulting the guards to shoot the crowd of revolutionaries. -
The execution of King Louis XVI
On 1793 Jacobin and his people really want to see the king dead. Austria and Prussia say that after they defeat France they will put King Louis to the throne. So some people wanted to deport him some even wanted him dead, a vote was held and by one vote the king was sentenced to the guillotine. -
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was a period of time where there are a lot of conflicts between the Girondins and the Jacobings. During this time, many people that was against the Revolution were executed by a guillontine in the public. -
The execution of Queen
The Queen Marie Antoinette soon follows King Louis XVI to the guillotine on October 16, 1793. her last words were "Pardon, monsieur. I did not do it on purpose".