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French Revolution
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American Revolution
A war between the American colonies and England. The French helped the Americans to seperate from England. (the French gained nothing and got further in debt.) -
Tennis Court Oath
The manof National Assembly took the oath "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established'. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
It was a fundemental document of the French Revolution and the history of human rights. -
Fall of the Bastille
The prison in the middle of Paris. The prison contained only 7 prisoners at the time of the storm, but it had many weapons with out those weapons the revolution would not of happened. -
The Great Fear
It was a general panicin the begining of the revolution. -
The Women's March
A big group of angery women who stormed the Palace of Versaille to get bread or grain because of the famine. -
The Execution of King Louis XVI
The Execution of their king was a major event for the French Revolution. It happened at the Palce de la Revolution, in the middle of France. -
Reign of Terror
It was a period of violence, it was indicted by the conflict between two rival political factors. It was popular for mass execution. -
Execution of the Robespierre
Maximillian Robespierre is called the architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. After he killed thousands of people using the guillotine, because they were not revolutionary enough. After he killed so many people the executed him. -
The Directory Established
The Directory was the government of France during the French Revolution. It was a collective leadershipbetween five Dictators.