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French Revolution Timeline

  • Three - level meeting

    Three - level meeting
    Louis sixteen held a three - level meeting in Palace of Versailles
  • Limit the power of royalty

    Limit the power of royalty
    The National Assembly was renamed the Constitutional Assembly, calling for a constitution to restrict the monarchy. Louis sixteen set up the army in an attempt to dissolve parliament.
  • Attack the Bastille prison

    Attack the Bastille prison
    The masses conquered the Bastille, which symbolized the feudal rule, and released seven prisoners.
  • August Decrees

    August Decrees
    The August decree is a series of legal provisions contained in the resolution of the French national constituent assembly in the French Revolution in August 1789, which contains 19 decrees. In fact, the law abolished the French feudal system from the legal level and was regarded as "the death certificate of the old system".
  • Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen

    Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen
    The French National Assembly adopted the Declaration on human rights and civil rights (the Declaration on human rights). The declaration was later used as a preface to the constitution of 1791.
  • New system

    New system
    The constituent assembly abolished the title of the aristocracy and reclassified the political area. The Supreme Court, the establishment of the jury system, the confiscation of the property of the church, the declaration of the French church from the reign of Pope in Rome and the administration of the state, and the separation of politics and religion.