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Estates General Meeting
The Estates General stemmed from a meeting that reunited an equal number of representatives from each Estate to solve this serious political crisis.
Everyone met at the Palace of Versailles to debate some major problems. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789 -
Storming the Bastille
The Bourgeois Militia Stormed the Bastille in hopes to free political prisoners, who were wrongly accused. -
August Decrees
The August Decrees were 19 decrees, that were issued by the French Government to abolish Feudalism, and remove all aristocratic privileges. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
A fundamental document of the French Revolution to guarantee civil and human rights of everyone. -
Women’s March on Versailles
A march of women on Versailles demanding food for their families, surprisingly the king agreed to many of the terms. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
A law passed in France that limited the Roman Catholic church's power in France. -
Constitution of 1791
Constitution of 1791, French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting -
September Massacres
The September Massacres were a wave of killings in Paris (2–7 September 1792) and other cities in late summer 1792, during the French Revolution. There was a fear that foreign and royalist armies would attack Paris and that the inmates of the city's prisons would be freed and join them. -
Establishment of the French Republic
The National Convention met in September 1792 and voted to abolish the monarchy immediately and establish a republic. It proceeded to try Louis XVI for treason, convicted him, and executed him on January 21, 1793. -
Execution of Louis XVI
One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVIis executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
Execution of Marie Antoinette
Born on November 2, 1755, in Vienna, Austria, Marie Antoinette helped provoke the popular unrest that led to the French Revolution and to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792. She became a symbol of the excesses of the monarchy and is often credited with the famous quote: "Let them eat cake," although there is -
Execution of Robespierre
In 1793-94, France was close to a civil war.
The counter revolutionaries asked for the return of the monarchy.
The Comity of Public safety was created to curb this insurrection and Robespierre was the leader of this comity.
The Reign of Terror started. Most of the enemies of the revolution were sent to the guillotine and Robespierre was more and more seen as a despot. -
The Great Fear
A period of panic and riots by peasants. This was the time right before the French Revolution, and a huge cause for it.
