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Louis XVI Crowned
~Was King of France from 1774 until his deposition in 1792, although his formal title after 1791 was King of the French. ~The first part of Louis' reign was marked by attempts to reform France in accordance with Enlightenment ideals. -
Necker if Fired
He was fired first on May 19th, 1781 and then was rehired agian. Necker position was controversial. Upset by his declarations during the meeting, Louis XVI fired him again on July 11th, 1789. -
Estates General
~First Meeting since 1614
~General assembly representing the French estates of the realm
~Had a representative. from all 3 estates -
National Assembly
~During the French Revolution, the National Assembly which existed from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789, was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789. -
Storming of Bastille
~Occurred in Paris, France, on the morning of 14 July 1789.
~The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming but was a symbol of the abuses of the monarchy: its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. -
Great Fear
~The Great Fear as a general panic that occurred between July 17 and 3 August 1789 at the start of the French Revolution.
~In response to rumors, fearful peasants armed themselves in self-defense and, in some areas, attacked manor houses. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
The Declaration of the rights of Man and of the Citizen passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
Women's March on Versailles
~The Women's March on Versailles, also known as The October March, The October Days, or simply The March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution.
~The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the morning of 5 October 1789, were near rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread. -
Constitution of 1791
On the day of the Tennis Court Oath, the National Assembly had declared that it would not disband until a new constitution had been created for France.The new constitution created by these moderate revolutionaries declared France to be a constitutional monarchy. -
Declaration of war againt Austria
~On Apr. 20, 1792, France declared war on Austria. The French armies lacked organization and discipline, and many noble officers had emigrated.
~The allied Austrian and Prussian forces under Charles William Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick, quickly crossed the frontier and began to march on Paris. -
National Convection
~The National Convention was a single-chamber assembly in France from 21 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 during the French Revolution.
~The National Convention was therefore the first French Assembly elected by universal male suffrage, without distinctions of class. -
Execution of Louis XVI
~One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
Committee of Public Saftey
~Set up on April 6, 1793 during crisis of Revolution
~Provided defense and a chance to oversee the already existing organs of excecutive government -
Reign of Terror
~Reign of Terror, the period of the French Revolution from September 5, 1793, to July 27, 1794.
~ The leader Robespierre began to execute people over the simplest things -
Execution of Marie Antoniette
Nine months after the execution of her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France, Marie-Antoinette follows him to the guillotine. -
Death of Robespierre
He died July 28, 1794, Paris, radical Jacobin leader and one of the principal figures in the French Revolution. In the latter months of 1793 he came to dominate the Committee of Public Safety, the principal organ of the Revolutionary government during the Reign of Terror, but in 1794 he was overthrown and executed in the Thermidorian Reaction. -
Constitution of 1795
The Constitution of 22 August 1795 was a national constitution of France ratified by the National Convention.
~It established the Directory, and remained in effect until the coup of 18 Brumaire effectively ended the Revolution and began the ascendancy of Napoleon Bonaparte -
Napoleon's Coup d'eate
The Napoleonic era began in 1799 with Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état, that overthrew the Directory and established the French Consulate. It ended in 1815 during the Hundred Days with his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo or a few days later when he abdicated for the second time. -
Commune of Paris
Commune of Paris, also called Paris Commune, French Commune de Paris, (1871), insurrection of Paris against the French government from March 18 to May 28, 1871.
