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Meeting of the Estates
The Estates met in Versaillesfor the first time since 1614. King Louis called a meeting with the estate generals, to be able to approve the new tax system, that meant that everyone would be taxed including the nobles. This meeting was held in Versailles. -
National Assembly
The third estate separated itself from the Estate generals and created the national assembly. It was the first act of the revolution, and it was the act that would end absolute monarchy and turn it into a representative monarchy. The National Assembly consisted of giving every individual a vote, instead of each estate having one vote. This gave an advantage to the 3rd estate since they were more people than the 1st and 2nd estate combined. -
Storming of Bastille
The Bastille was a political prison and a place where the king guarded some documents in Paris, France. The prison only had 8 inmates, but the building itself symbolized the strength of the government. So on July 14, 1789, when the third estate stormed Bastille and attacked, king Louis XVI finally realized that he could not stop the estates, he realized that this was not just a revolt, but the start of a revolution. -
Feudalism Abolished
By August 4, people from the 2nd estate joined the National Assembly with the 3rd estate. The delegates got together and one by one gave ideas in privileges they can rule out. With this day, landlords did not rule over peasants and most of their fees were gone. And the 1st and 2nd estate agreed to pay taxes. By the end of this day, feudalism was no longer. -
The Rights of Man and Citizen
The National Assembly decided to create the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen because they thought that the ignorance towards simple rights was what caused the corruption in the government. These new laws helped in all types of ways, men and citizens now had the right to equality and freedom among other things. -
Woman's March
The Woman at this time, marched with weapons and armor from Paris all the way to Versailles, mostly to complain violently about the price and the lack of bread. But they also wanted the king to move back to Paris and be with the people, instead of being locked away in his corrupted palace. The next day, the woman got what they wanted, the king, his family and most of the French Assembly they all went back to Paris with the women who marched. -
King Flees the Country
The King and his family decided to flee the country to Varennes but were caught and detained, bringing them back to Paris. Leaving France during the revolution was a death warrant for the royal family. People were not going to get rid of a king, they still wanted monarchy but they could no longer trust king Louis XVI. -
Massacre
This massacre is known as the September massacre. It took place from September 2 to September 6. This started when people believed that political prisons were going to start a counterrevolutionary plan. So when some prisoners were being transferred to another prison, a group of armed people attacked them. In the next few days, 1,200 prisoners were killed, and 220 priests and clergy were detained for not wanting to accept the new reorganization. -
Last Day of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI walked right into the guillotine where he was decapitated. -
The End of the Reign of Terror- Death of Robespierre
The reign of terror began when Robespierre was named the Committee of Public Safety in 1793. But he took his job to a new level. In this era, no one could whisper anything going against the new regime, if you did, Robespierre would sentence those to death. The reign of terror ended in 1794 when Robespierre was finally executed by the same tool he had killed about 17,000 French citizens, the Guillotine.
