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Start of French Revolution
The Meeting of the Estates General started the revolution. There were the nobles, clergy, and the rest of the people. The rest of the people, or the third estate, were upset because they were getting no political representation. -
Tennis Court Oath
This event is when the third estate officially adopted the title of National Assembly. After three days, they had a meeting in an indoor tennis court to vow to stay together until the constitution was reformed. -
Fall of the Bastille
Rioters/mob stormed Bastille, a French prison, to get all the gunpowder and weapons that were stored there. Many people recognize this event as the start of the revolution. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The assembly wrote and adopted the Declaration to basically say what the assembly’s goal was. The document stated that the current government should be replace with a system based on enlightenment ideas, like equal rights and freedoms. -
March on Versailles
The march was led by women who demanded to get bread because The King and Marie Antoinette were starving the people. -
Overthrow of the Monarchy
The King was overthrown by the revolutionaries and was charged with treason -
Execution of Louis XVI
The King was executed by the guillotine -
Reign of Terror
This was the most violent phase. It was a 10 month period where those who were suspected enemies of the revolution were guillotined. Thousands of people died. -
Execution of Robespierre/ End of Reign of Terror
Robespierre was a lawyer and very influential in the French Revolution. He played a big role in the execution of the King, but the people didn’t like him because he was like a dictator/tyrant. -
End of the Revolution
Napoleon Bonaparte abolished the Directory, which was France’s executive power, and appointed himself France’s first consul.
