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Louis XVI
Louis XVI takes throne and is a well intentioned but weak leader. -
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French Revolution
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Bastille
The people of Paris strom Bastille, a much hated prison that symbolized autocratic rule. Revolution had then begun. -
Bankrupt
Louis' government is about to go bank rupt because of bad harvests. The National Assembly is born. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
National Assembly adopted Declaration of the Rights of the Man and of the Citizen. This guarenteed rights to liberty, property, security and resistance of opression to all people. -
The Great Fear
Peasants were fearful that the nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize them. They rioted, stormed Versailles and demanded that Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette return to Paris. -
French Law
National Assembly broke up so that the new Legislative Assembly can take over. Creates a Constitutional Monarchy; strips power from the king and gave Assembly power to create French Law. -
Radicals, Moderates, Conservatives
Revolutionary leaders turn on each other and three factions in the Legislative Assembly form. Radicals, Moderates, and Conservatives. -
Troops
Austria, and Prussia, who supported Louis XVI, sent troops to Paris. -
Imprisioned
20,000 Parisians ivade the royal Palace, Louis, Mary and her children are imprisoned. -
New Republic
National covention abolishes the Monarchy and declares france as a Republic. All males can vote, no women. -
- January 1793 Louis is killed
Louis is no longer king, is tried by Jacobins for treason and sentenced to death. -
Executed
Louis is executed by guillotine -
Army Drafts
Great Britain, Holland and spain join Prussia and Austria in fighting France. National Assembly drafts 300,000 French Citizens to the army. -
Maximilian Robespierre
Maximilian Robespierre sets out to gather power into his own hand. He becomes the leader of the Public Saftey Committe. Tried and executed people thought to be enemy of the Republic in the same day. -
Marie Antoinette Executed
Marie Antoinette executed. Revolutionary courts declare death sentences on those that challenge Robespierre -
Execution of Robespierre
National Commitee turns on Robespierre, claiming that he is a Tyrant. He is executed July 28. -
- July 1793 Reign of Terror
Robespierre governed France nearly as a dictator, this period became known as The Reign of Terror. Approximently 3,000 were executed in Paris. As many as 40,000 were killed total. -
Constitution
Moderate leaders in the National Convention draft a new Constitution. It creates a two house Legislature and an executive body of 5, known as the directory. Napolean Bonaparte is chosen the lead france.
