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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was the being of creativity and possibility, positive mind set. Like the American Revolution, the French Revolution was also inspired by the Enlightenment. The American Revolution was the single biggest inspiration of the French Revolution. -
Unjust Ruler -Louis XVI of France
Louis became King around the age of 11, and got married to Marie Antoinette at age 15. He seemed to be a very shy person, and not quite the effective type of ruler. -
Unjust Ruler - Marie Antoinette of Austria
Marie was married to the king(Louis XVI of France). From the country of Austria. She was extremely pale mainly because she was rich and that's how most rich people got into looking because the don't go outside( be then they thought that outsides was meant for peasants and servants) When her husband became king, along with that she became Queen. -
Cause of the French Revolution
Not only were the royal coffers depleted, but two decades of poor harvests, drought, cattle disease and skyrocketing bread prices had kindled unrest among peasants and the urban poor. -
Key Details about the French Revolution
The French Revolution was a revolutionary event in modern European history. It began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s when Napoleon Bonaparte ascended into power. The French redesigned their political landscape, abolishing an absolute monarch and their feudal system. -
Call of Estates Generals
This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country. The opening of the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution. -
Tennis Court Oath (June 17, 1789)
Finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall at Versailles on June 20 and thinking that the king was forcing them to disband, they moved to a nearby indoor tennis court (salle du jeu de paume). There they took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France. -
Beginning of the French Revolution
It began on July 14, 1789 when revolutionaries stormed a prison called the Bastille -
Storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)
On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy (July 12, 1790)
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was an attempt to reform and regulate the Catholic church in France. It was passed by the National Constituent Assembly on July 12th 1790. ... It also required bishops and then all clergy to swear an oath of loyalty to the state, to be taken in January 1791 -
Reign of Terror
Thousands of people are sentenced to death by execution, that is caused by the conflict of two political parties the Jacobins and the Girondins. The leader of the Jacobins, Maxamilien aries as the new leader of the revolution -
Ending of the French Revolution
The result of the French Revolution was the end of the monarchy. King Louis XVI was executed in 1793. The revolution ended when Napoleon Bonaparte took power in November 1799. ... They could see that the American Revolution had created a country in which the people had power, instead of a king.
