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Money
banker refused to lend the government more money, king louis faced serious problems. (ignore the jan 1, only the year is right.) -
Meeting the estates general
Wanted to solve the monarchs financial crisis. Each estate had only one vote. As a result, the nobility and clergy could always overrule the Third Estate. Third estate formed their own National Assembly and were not leaving until a new constitution was created. -
National Assembly
Voted to establish the National Assembly - leads to the tennis court oath. -
Protest for King
Large crowd of protesters, mostly women, marched from Paris to the Palace of Versailles. Demanded bread and wanted to bring the King and his family back to Paris to “live among the people” -
Flee
Royal family quietly left Paris. They managed to get within a few miles of the border band got caught. (Ignore the '1', only june 1791) -
Legislative Assembly Declares War
The french declared war on Australia. (Ignore the '1' only apr. 1792) -
Fall
Austrian army and its Prussian allies were advancing into the French territory. Economic fall, king viewed as a traitor for trying to flee. Crowd of 20,000 people attacked the Tuileries Palace. King and Queen got arrested. (Ignore the '1' only aug 1792) -
Maria Antoniette
Louis was driven through the streets of Paris to a guillotine and decapitated. Marie Antoinette had a short trial next. She was accused of numerous crimes, many of them based on rumors. -
Jacobin Leaders
Jacobin Leaders in the convention took an extreme step, they ordered a draft of three hundred thousand french citizens between the ages of 18 and 40. -
Execution
16,000 people were guillotined. Many radicals were executed along with moderates. Most leaders of the French Revolution were now either dead or had fled the republic
