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The Estates General
The three estates representatives were called to about the debt, first time in 175 years -
Tennis court oath
The third estate was locked out of a meeting in Versailles so they all go together on the tennis court and decide to break from the estates general and make their own constitution. -
Fall of the Bastille
The Bastille was known as a sign of royalty in Paris so mobs of angry people went to the Bastille and wanted to take it down -
The Great Fear
Lots of peasant riots caused by economic concerns, and rural panic -
National Assembly abolishes feudal privileges
abolished both the rights of the Second Estate (the nobility) and the tithes gathered by the First Estate (the Catholic clergy). -
King and his family try to escape
The king and his family knew the situation was getting dangerous so they tried to escape but were unsuccessfully caught -
France declares war on Austria and Prussia
Austria and Prussia were telling king Louis to not let the new government system happen so France declared war on Austria for trying to interfere with the government -
King deposed and jailed
Louis was officially arrested on August 13, 1792 and sent to the Temple, an ancient Paris fortress used as a prison. On 21 September, the National Assembly declared France to be a republic and abolished the monarchy. -
King Louis XVI is beheaded
King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
France declares war on Great Britain
The French revolutionaries declared war on all the monarchies of Europe, and invaded the Austrian Netherlands, declaring war on Britain.