French Revolution

By Jaden1135

  • National Assembly

    The national assembly was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General. Later it was replaced with the Legislative Assembly

  • The Tennis Court Oath

    The Tennis Court Oath
    French Third Estate who called themselves the National Assembly to the oath. Vowing to not separate , and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established.

  • The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

    The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
    The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4,1776.
    The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was adopted on August 27 ,1789 .

  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille
    During the storming of the Bastille the prison contained seven inmates.The fall was the flash point of the French Revolution.

  • The Great Fear

    The Great Fear
    Was a panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumors. Had a privileged to overthrow the Third Estate.

  • The March of Women

    The March of Women
    in October women were near rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread.

  • Civil Constitution of the Clergy

    Civil Constitution of the Clergy
    It was a law that was passed that immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French government.

  • The Flight of the King

    The Flight of the King
    The king and his family fled from Paris. The king could no longer go back because his people see him as a coward.

  • New Constitution

    New Constitution
    In 1787 convention is called to draft a new legal system for the United States.

  • Legislative Assembly

    Legislative Assembly
    It was formed under the Constitution of 1791. It created constitutional Monarchy with Louis XVI as the head of state.

  • War With Austria

    War With Austria
    Revolutionaries wanted war because they thought war would unify the country, and had a genuine desire to spread the ideas of the Revolution to all of Europe.

  • National Convention

    National Convention
    The first government of the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the one-year Legislative Assembly.

  • The Radicals take over

    The Radicals take over
    The two monarchs threatened to intervene and protect the French monarchy. The sans-culottes and the Jacobins were revolutionary groups who opposed the monarchy.