Jacques bertaux prise du palais des tuileries 1793

French Revolution

By Vicente Saiso

  • The Old Order

    The Old Order
    Ancien Régime, which is the French term for the political system in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties.

  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath
    The delegates of The Third Estate met at an indoor tennis court and made an agreement not to disband until they had created a new, fair constitution for France.

  • The Bastille

    The Bastille
    Citizens attack and succesfully take The Bastille

  • Great Fear

    Great Fear
    After teh peasants saw they could succeed in acts of rebellion they started to do it more often. A great fear filled the country as peasants revoledt all over France causing a lot of chaos. People were not happy.

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    Declaration of the Rights of Man
    This declaration included many of the ideas of the Enlightenment era and was also inspired by the American Revolution. The French were very divided and this declaration declared all as equal in rights and value.

  • March on Versailles

    March on Versailles
    A rumour that King Louis had stepped on the French flag spread and women made a march demanding bread. King Louis XVI signs the Declaration of the Rights of man.

  • Royal Family Flees

    Royal Family Flees
    With the uprests in France, Marie Antoinette was convinced they needed to flee. Their escape only lasted until Varennes, where they were recognized and escorted back to Paris through mobs of angry citizens.

  • Paris Mob Attacks the Tuileries

    Paris Mob Attacks the Tuileries
    After France went to war against Austria and as it still was unfair, the population turned against their king. They attacked the Tuileries where the royal family was living. They demand a new constitution and after this they got it.

  • Execution of Louis XVI

    Execution of Louis XVI
    After much discussion, finally they sent their old king to the guillotine.

  • Levee en Masse

    Levee en Masse
    The comittee of Public Safety mobilizes all of the French Population to the war. All men from 18-25 who weren´t married were listed.

  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror
    Robespierre ruled and there were about 200,000 deaths by guillotine around France. You couldn't support the king.

  • Robespierre execution

    Robespierre was killed and the reign of terror ended soon later

  • Napoleon is Emperor

    Napoleon is Emperor
    Napoleon is consecrated as Emperor of France.