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Tennis Court Oath
A vow "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established" -
Great Fear
The Great Fear was a massive general panick. -
Attack on the Bastille
A state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob -
Women's march to versailles
It gave the revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king. -
Flight to Varennes
Louis and Marie's immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris -
Louis XVI
Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. -
Execution of Louis XVI
One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention. -
Charlotte Corday
She was a figure of the French Revolution. In 1793, she was sent to the guillotine for the assassination of Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat. -
Reign of Terror
Following the creation of the First French Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place. -
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria. -
George Danton
George Jacques Danton was a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution. First president of the Public Saftey. -
Sans-Culottes
The sans-culottes were the common people of the lower classes in late 18th-century France. -
Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker was a Genevan banker who became a finance minister for Louis XVI and a French statesman. -
Napoleon invades russia
Napoleon's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian Army -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who led many successful campaigns.
