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Meeting of the Estates General
The Meeting of the Estes General was a meeting called by the King where all three Estates were told to meet due to financial problems that included raising taxes. Although the downside that ended up backfiring on the King was that the third estate was the biggest estate and they did not agree with the king and so, therefore, it gave them a sense of power. -
Storming of the Bastille
On July 14, 1789, troops stormed Bastille as a mob carrying weapons of all sorts freeing prisoners and destroying Bastille, since it was a big symbol of monarchy. This marked a very big breakdown in tradition and a pivotal moment in the Frech Revolution. -
Declaration of the rights of Man and Citizen
On August 26, 1789, the National Assembly approved the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. The overall declaration had a lot to do with equal rights between people and law on the whole. They wanted sacred, natural, and unalienable rights. -
Women's March on Versailles
The Women’s March on Versailles was a riot for bread and change when many women went to Versailles some demanding bread, some looking to harm the must despised queen, and also they demanded the King to share the bread that he and the royal family had hoarded and to relocate to Paris. This overall brought an end to the Versailles monarchy. -
France Declares War on Austria
On April 20, 1792, the Legislative Assembly (which was the governing body at the time) declared war on Austria, which was the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars. -
The Execution of King Louis
After being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers King Lois XVI was sentenced to death and was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was supposed to protect the country from enemies of the revolution. The Reign of Terror began in 1793 when King Loius XVI and his wife were executed and ended in 1794 with the fall of Robespierre. The Committee of Public Safety was governing France at the time and had decided that they needed to take harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the revolution. -
Execution of Marie Antoinette
On the 16th of October, 1793, Marie-Antoinette was found guilty and was sentenced to death and that day died by the use of a guillotine, although as she met death and still maintained her dignity and principles. -
Execution of Robespierre
The execution of Robespierre and 21 of his men by the use of guillotined without a trail, and the days following 82 other men of Robespierre's, was the end of The Reign of Terror. -
Napoleon's Coup d'etat
On Nov. 9, 1799, Napolean used his troops to overthrow the system of government and made way for himself to become an emperor. This event is sometimes viewed as the end of the French Revolution.
