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Meeting of the Estates General
The Estates general made a meeting that reunited the same number of representatives from the First,Second and Third Estates where it was held at the Palace of Versailles to talk about some issues -
Events leading to the Tennis Court Oath
The deputies of the Third Estate meet on the Jeu de Paume in defiance of King Louis XVI's order to disperse. They took a historic oath that they shall not disband until a new French Constitution is made. -
Storming the Bastille
A state prison called the Bastille was attacked by and angry mob. The prison was a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule. The mob came to take the amuunation stores inside the prison. The prison governor declined and a battle started that led to the mob getting the prison -
Feudalism ends, divided estates was done
The delegates rose to purpose new reforms and to surrender class priviledges. The manorial system was gone, the nobility and clergy gave up their exemptions from taxation. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The representatives of the French people have determined to set forth in a solemn declaration to the rights of man, It shall remind them continually of their rights and duties. The National Assembly recognizes and proclaims the following rights of man and citizen -
Bread Riots
7,000 working women marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles. The women chanted "Bread! Bread!" because the people were starving. They saw Marie Antoinette and she said "let them eat cake", but that didn't made them feel better. The mob entered and demanded so see the queen. THe women demanded the king to distribute bread to paris and they used Marie as a bargain chip. -
Assembly reforms France
The state confiscated all the church's land and used it to back a new french currency called the assignat. Months later the Church fell victom to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. -
Royal family attempts to escape
King Louis XVI and his family attempted to escape into Austria because Marie's brother was the emperor at that time. But the plan failed and they returned to paris to accept any demands that the people wanted and they were prisoners in their own home -
Legislative Assembly is created
The Legislative Assembly was in session from Oct.1 1791 to Sept.20 1792. It was a national parliament of Frace during that time period -
Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria and Prussia
European Monarchs were watching France with suspicion after the failed escape of King Louis XVI. In France, the public opinion was for war because they tought that the new government would be easily defeated by foreign powers and that it will unite the country -
The Monarcy abolished
The Legislative Assembly votes to abolish the monarchy. It came public after one year that King Louis XVI approved the constitution that took much of his power.
