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Meeting with the Estates-General
The Estates General was summoned to solve the financial crisis through a vote where commoners' votes were worth less than thr nobles and clergy -
Rioters stormed the Bastille, also known as the start of the French Revolution
Rioters stormed the Bastille due to rumors of a coup, and the Bastille fell -
Feudalism abolished
Peasants began to revolt and their haste inspired the government to abolish Feudalism -
Flight of Louis XVI
King Louis becomes threatened by how much power he would lose and felt like a prisoner in his palace, so him and his wife fled Paris as stealthily as they could. They were caught a few miles from the city Varennes. -
France's Constitution is adopted
The Constitution that had been written for quite a while was adopted by the government. -
Constitution came into effect
The adopted constitution came into effect. -
France declares war
France declares war on Austria after a long period of rising tensions. -
The King gets arrested
The extremist group, the Jacobins, storm the palace and arrest the king -
France declared a republic
The first act of the National Convention was to name France a republic. -
King Louis killed
King Louis' people led him through the streets before he was decapitated by a guillotine. -
Reign of Terror begins
A time in French history begins after Robespierre gains control of France's comittee and declares Terror "the order of the day". This starts a period where almost 16,000 peole are executed because they are thought to be against the French Revolution. -
reign of terror ends
Robespierre falls and all of his allies are guillotined leading to the end of the reign of terror. -
French Revolution ends
Napolean Bonaparte staged a coup and appointed himself "first consul" of France, ending the French Revolution.
