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Meeting of the Estates General
A meeting that reunited an equal number of representatives from each Estate to solve this serious political crisis. -
Storming of the Bastille
The medieval fortress and prision in Paris known as Bastille represented loyal authority in the centre of Paris. -
Feudalism is Ended, Divisions Between Estates Ended
The form of political and social organization ended in Western Europe. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Fondumental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
Bread Riots
Events of civil unrest in the Confederacy, perpetrated mostly by woman. -
Assembly Reforms France
A revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates General. -
Royal Family Attempts to Flee
King Louis XVI fears for the lives of himself and his family and attempted to escape into Austria. -
New Constitution - Limited Monarchy - Legislative Assembly Created
It retained the monarchy but effectively raised resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting. -
Legislative Assembly Declares War on Austria & Prussia
French forces are victorious at Valmy, in Decaux. -
Abolished the Monarchy
Was a proclamation of the National Convention of France announcing that it had abolished the French monarchy,
