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the meetings of the estates general
The estates general of 1789 was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm summoned by Louis XVI to propose solutions to France's financial problems. It ended when the third estate formed into a national assembly, signaling the outbreak of the French Revolution. -
the storming of the Bastille
Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. This dramatic action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution, a decade of political turmoil and terror in which King Louis XVI was overthrown and tens of thousands of people, including the king and his wife Marie Antoinette, were executed. -
meeting of the estates general
the generals of the three classes meet and vote for the better of the country. -
the tennis court oath
Tennis Court Oath
An oath taken on June 20, 1789, by the members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, vowing “not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established.” It was a pivotal event in the early days of the French Revolution -
the tenis court oath
An oath, by the members of the french estates general for the third estate who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, vowing It was a pivotal event in the early days of the French Revolution. -
the reign of terror
reign of Terror, the period of the French Revolution. With civil war spreading from the Vendée and hostile armies surrounding France on all sides, the Revolutionary government decided to make “Terror” the order of the day (September 5 decree) and to take harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution (nobles, and priests)
