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Call of the Estate General
May 5, 1789 ~The French Revolution started because of King Louis XVI France was losing a ton of money and was on the verge of bankruptcy. The reason why they were in this state is because King Louis XV spent a lot of money, during the American Revolution France gave a generous contribution. This led to the French Monarch convening to the Estate General to order a new land tax levy which the King hoped will ease the difficulty.. -
Tennis Court Oath
the Third Estate, led by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, began to call themselves the National Assembly. One morning the deputies were shocked to discover that the chamber door was locked and guarded by soldiers. Immediately fearing the worst and that a royal attack by King Louis XVI was about to happen the deputies gathered in a nearby indoor tennis court where they took a solemn collective oath -
Storming of the Bastille
On one afternoon the Bastille was stormed by an angry and aggressive mob. The Bastille during the French Revolution was a symbol of power and the monarchy’s dictatorial rule. The Bastille only held seven prisoners at the time but the mob didn’t come for them. They came for the huge ammunition storage's that were kept in the prison. The governor wasn’t agreeing with the mob so after a violent battle the mob had control of the Bastille and the governor was killed. -
March on Versailles
The woman set out on a march from Paris to Versailles in hopes to get bread for it, it was too expensive for them to buy They were armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets. To the beat of a drum the woman chanted “Bread! Bread!” despite the fertile soil the population of Paris were starving while The King and Marie Antoinette continued to eat. -
Royal Family attempts to flee
The royal family attempted to flee Paris to Varennes. King Louis XVI realized that things were becoming too dangerous for them because of the Revolution. When they were caught in Varennes the revolutionary government became hostile towards to royal family. -
Champ de mars massacre
Champ de mars massacre wan an event when the citizens of France rallied against the decision of the National Constituent Assembly that King Louis XVI was still the king, even though he was under a constitution. This ended in a mess.Two days before Champ de mars massacre, the National Constituent Assembly issued a decree that King Louis XVI would remain king under a constitutional monarchy. -
The First invasion of the Tuileries
This is one of the Revolutionary turning points. On this day a little more than three years after the attack on the Bastille, the people of Paris laid siege on the Tuileries. -
Overthrow of the monarchy
This was the day in which the French revolutionaries over threw the monarchy because they found Louis XVI guilty of treason. -
Execution of the King
This was the day that King Louis XVI was executed by the guillotine. The revolutionaries made Marie Antoinette watch as the King lost his head. -
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was when most of the executions were done. It started after King Louis died and the first execution was Marie Antoinette. She was separated from King Louis and was just with her children. -
Execution of the Queen
This was the day that Marie Antoinette was executed by the guillotine. She was the first execution after the Reign of Terror started. -
Execution of Robespierre
Maximilien Francois Marie Isidro de Robespierre was a lawyer, politician and one of the most influential people in the French Revolution He was against the death penalty, Robespierre was a big figure in the French Revolution but he was like a dictator. The French people didn’t like him so the had him arrested. alongside his brother, St-Just, Francois Hanriot, and Le Bas, They were trialed and sent to the guillotine the very next day.
