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legacy of the french revolution
One of the legacies of the French Revolution is a document called The Declaration of the Rights of Man, which became part of French law on 16 August 1789. This document was based on the ideas of Rousseau and the American Constitution. It promised freedom to the people of France -
estates general called
May 5th 1789: Estates General Called (Ex: The Estates General was called by Louis XVI for the first time in over 150 years to help solve the economic crisis facing France.) -
national assembly formed
June 17th, 1789: National Assembly Formed -
June 20th, 1789: Tennis Court Oath
On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du Jeu de Paume), vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established" -
July 14th, 1790: The Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuses of power; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. -
1791: Constitutional Monarchy Formed
Constitution of 1791, French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting. -
September 1792: Mob Overthrows the Constitutional Monarchy, New National Convention, France a Republic
The National Convention was elected to provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrow of the monarchy (August 10, 1792). ... The struggles between two opposing Revolutionary factions, the Montagnards and the Girondins, dominated the first phase of the Convention (September 1792 to May 1793). -
July 1793: Reign of Terror Begins
The Reign of Terror began on September 5, 1793 with a declaration by Robespierre that Terror would be "the order of the day." It ended on July 27, 1794 when Robespierre was removed from power and executed. During the Reign of Terror, France was ruled by a group of men called the Committee of Public Safety. -
July 1794: Reign of Terror Ends!
During the Terror, the Committee of Public Safety (of which Maximilien de Robespierre was the most prominent member) exercised virtual dictatorial control over the French government. -
1799-1815: Napoleon Bonaparte & French Nationalism
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. ... After seizing political power in France in a 1799 coup d'état, he crowned himself emperor in 1804.
