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king Louis is crowned
Louis took his position as king very seriously. He saw that what was good for him was good for France -
The publication of the Leviathan by Hobbes
Written during the English Civil War (1642–1651), Leviathan argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Hobbes wrote that civil war and the brute situation of a state of nature ("the war of all against all") could only be avoided by strong, undivided government. -
Imprisonment of Voltaire
Critics embraced his poem, La Henriade, but its satirical attack on politics and religion infuriated the government, and Voltaire was arrested in 1717. He spent nearly a year in the Bastille. -
The publication of the Encyclopedia by Diderot
The aim of the Encyclopedia was to gather all available knowledge, to examine it critically and rationally, and to use it for social advancement. -
the beginning of the 7 year war
French expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought France into armed conflict with the British colonies -
The publication of the Social Contract by Rousseau
is a 1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality. The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. -
the american revolution
The American Revolution was a time when the British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of Great Britain. There were many battles fought and the colonies gained their freedom and became the independent country of the United States. -
the deceleration of independence
is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
formation of the national assembly
revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General -
declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen
the French National Constituent Assembly issued the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizenship which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. -
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 first Constitution of France
the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime. -
Execution of Louis XVI
The National Convention had convicted the king in a near-unanimous vote and condemned him to death by a simple majority -
The formation of the Committee of Public Safety
formed the provisional government in France during the Reign of Terror, a phase of the French Revolution -
The institution of the new French calendar
It is because of his position as rapporteur of the commission that the creation of the republican calendar is attributed to Romme. The calendar is frequently named the "French Revolutionary Calendar" because it was created during the Revolution, but this is a slight misnomer.
