French Revolution

  • Jacobins

    Jacobins
    The Jacobins supported extreme radicalisms during the French Revolution. They got the name Jacobins because of were they meet. They were the most influential political club during the revolution.
  • Calling of the Estate General

    Calling of the Estate General
    Louis called the estates General because France was in serve debt and Louis was out of options. The estates General hadn't been called for 175 years.
  • Formation of the National Assembly

    Formation of the National Assembly
    The national assembly was created because the third estate was unhappy about the estates general. They started running the country without any help from the king. They also started working on a new constitution.
  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath
    Louis XVI locked the national assembly's meeting hall. They just went to a nearby tennis court to hold their meeting. They vowed to keep meeting until a constitution was writen.
  • Attack on the Bastilleiuiuiuopyyyg

    Attack on the Bastilleiuiuiuopyyyg
    The attack on the Bastille marked the beginning of the Revolution. The people saw the Bastille as a symbol as the Monarchy. They attacked to prepare to attack the French army.
  • Women's March to Versailles

    Women's March to Versailles
    The women marched to Versailles because they believed the King and Queen were hiding all the bread. They went to talk to them about giving them food. Instead they forced them to come Paris with them
  • Flight to Varnnes

    Flight to Varnnes
    The flight to Varennes was the Royal family's attempt to escape France. They got caught 20 miles from the French border. They were brought back and were seen as enemies to the revolution.
  • Marquis De Lafayette

    Marquis De Lafayette
    Marquis De Lafayette helped write the first French Constitution. He also lead an army when France invaded Austria. Napoleon helped get him out of a Austrian Prison.
  • Sans-culottes

    Sans-culottes
    The Sans-culottes were common people of the lower classes. They were less extreme than the Jacobins. They became military partisans during the French Revolution.
  • Louis XVI

    Louis XVI
    Louis became the absolute Monarch at the age of 4. He didn't try to fix any of the problems in France. The people slowly took power away from Louis. He was executed on January 21 1793
  • Reign Of terror

    Reign Of terror
    The Reign of Terror was the bloodiest part of the French Revolution. About 40,000 were executed by guillotine. The leader of the reign of terror was Maximilien Robespierre.
  • Marie Antionette

    Marie Antionette
    Marie Antionette was the queen of France during the French Revolution. The people put her and her family under house arrest in Paris. Marie Antionette and her family tried to escape France. They were caught and executed.
  • Maximilien Robespierre

    Maximilien Robespierre
    Maximilien Robespierre was the leader of the Reign of terror. He executed more than 17,000 people by guillotine. The people grew unhappy with all the executions and arrested Robespierre. He was executed by guillotine.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon Bonaparte
    Napoleon rose through the ranks of the French army during the Revolution. He then became one of the rulers of France. In 1804 He declared himself emperor of France
  • Napoleon invades Russia

    Napoleon invades Russia
    Napoleon invaded Russia to make them stop trading with Great Britain. He couldn't get all the way across Russia because of the harsh winters. He lost half his troops trying to invade Russia