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Estates-General Meeting (May 5, 1789)
First meeting of the Estates-General in 175 years. They got together to approve the new tax law. This meeting was held on May 5, 1789. -
Voted for the National Assebly (June 17, 1789).
Voted to establish the National Assembly to end the absolute monarchy and start a representative government. This was the first act of revolution. The king found out and sent men to seal the doors, they then went into a tennis court and performed the "Tennis Court Oath" which stated that they would not stop until they had a new constitution. -
July 14, 1789
A mob of peasants looking for gunpowder and weapons stormed the Bastille, A prison in Paris. The mob overwhelmed the guards and took over the building. They then hacked the commander and several other soldiers to death and cut their heads off to then go around the city with their heads on stakes. -
Aug. 4, 1789
Nobleman gave grand speeches , declared their love of liberty and equality. Motivated more by fear than by idealism, they joined the other members of the National Assembly in sweeping away the privileges of the first and second estates. By morning, the old regime was dead. -
Aug. 27, 1789
Declaration of rights of man and citizen. New laws. -
October 5th 1789
Thousands of Parisian woman rioted over the price of bread using knives, axes and other weapons. They then marched through versailles and demanded the National Assembly to lower the price of bread. Finally they went into the castle killing some guards and they demanded that Louis and Marie Antoinette should return to Paris. -
1790 January 1st
Assembly reforms France, New constitution is started -
June 1 1791
The French Noble man "emigre" (emigre means to migrate) to sorrounding countries and then the king attempts to flee France, and the people become disappointed and they are emotionally disappointed, he was going to live in Austria (the long term enemy). People don’t look up to him anymore. -
September 1 1791
New constitution , A limited constitutional monarchy is created.
But now the people want a republic to get rid of the king. -
August 1 1792
Declaration of war against Prussia and Austria. Austria and Prussia din't like the idea of France being a Republic so they attacked and wanted to help king Loius 16 to get the throne back. -
August 10, 1792
France abolishes the monarchy, they attack the kings palace and they kill the soldiers and take the king and his family and takes them to prison. -
September 1 1792
Citizens raid prisons and kill thousands of prisoners.
They also release some imprisoned political people. -
September 21 1792
Monarchy is done. A constitutional monarchy is created. King Louis had his crown taken away from him. The Jacobins have influenced the people and made them want to have a republic. -
January 21, 1793
Louis is executed. (his head is cut off with a guillotine). -
February 3, 1793
Army draft 300,000 man to fight the wars between man from the ages of 18 - 40. -
July 3, 1793
Robespierre became leader of the committee of public safety. Robespierre governed France basically in a dictatorship for the next year. This time period was know as the "Reign of tTerror" -
July 1st 1794
Robespierre went to the guillotine because of all the death he had caused because of no reason and because of unfair governing. -
3 october 1795
New government is drafted. Napoleon is new army commander. And he later becomes emperor of France and leads France to greatness.
