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meeting of the estates general
it was called by louis xvi in verasilles to discuss and aprrove a new tax plan
it was important because they created a tax plan -
fall of the bastile
storming of the baatile occured in paris,france in the morning
a royal fortress that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs -
last article of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was adopted
was adopted on 26 August 1789 by the National Constituent Assembly, during the period of the French Revolution
was the first step of writing a constitutuion to france -
king louis xvi
King Louis XVI accepts the new constitution
he Assembly issues a decree that approves the integration of the city of Avignon and the province Comtat Venaissin, formerly property of the Pope. After more than 500 years, they are once again part of France. -
The Insurrection
The Insurrection of 10 August 1792 was one of the defining events in the history of the French Revolution -
execution of louis
One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris -
law of suspects
The Law of Suspects is passed, authorizing the creation of revolutionary tribunals to try those suspected of treason against the Republic and to punish those convicted with death -
the queens defense
he Convention turned to the rest of the royal family. Fearing that Marie Antoinette and her son, the nominal King, would provide rallying points for royalists within France and abroad, a Revolutionary Tribunal indicted Marie Antoinette and her children for treason. Two attorneys were assigned to prepare her defense, and one describes the situation here -
proclamation
America to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Philadelphia, the 24th day of March, 1794, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighteenth -
Robespierre overthrown in France
he architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution -
13 Vendémiaire
13 Vendémiaire Year 4 is the name given to a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris. The battle was largely responsible for the rapid advancement of Republican General Napoleon Bonaparte's career -
national convention
French Convention Nationale , assembly that governed France from September 20, 1792, until October 26, 1795, during the most critical period of the French Revolution. The National Convention was elected to provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrow of the monarchy
