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Louis calls the Estates-General
The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General. te estates were made up of 3 divisions: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate). Summoned by King Louis XVI. -
The storming of Bastille
On the morning of 14 July 1789, the partisans of the Third Estate in France, had earlier stormed the Hôtel des Invalides to gather arms. Preparing to storm Bastille, they were armed and dangerous. They freed 7 prisoners and was the biggest event in the history of the French Revolution. -
Tennis court oath
On 20 June, the deputies discovered that the door to their meeting room was locked and guarded by soldiers. They immediately stormed a nearby indoor tennis court where they took a collective oath "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established" this was significant because they knew nothing could stop them until they get what they want. -
declaration of rights of man
Influenced also by natural right, the rights of man are universal. They are valid at all times and in every place, specifically to human nature itself. It became the basis for a nation of free individuals protected equally by law. -
March to Versailles
On October 5th 1789, the March began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who were rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread. This was not only eye opening, but extremely revolutionary because it shows how much power women have. -
King Louis trial
The trial began on December 3rd 1792 and ended January 17th 1793. He was heard again 33 charges! There were 721 voters in total. 34 voted for death with extra conditions conditions, 2 voted for eternal imprisonment , 319 voted for imprisonment until the war was over and 361 voted for death without conditions. Louis was to be put to death. -
the terror
The Terror, was a period of violence that occurred after the beginning of the French Revolution, which started by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions. The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, and 25,000 executions across France. -
death of Robespierre
Robespierre was guillotined without trial in the Place de la Révolution
