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Riots in Paris
The Réveillon riots occurred between 26–29 April 1789 centered in the St. Antoine district of Paris where a factory which produced luxury wallpaper was owned by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon. The factory employed around 300 people. The riots were one of the first instances of violence during the French Revolution. -
National Assembly
13 June 1789 to 9 July 1789, was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General -
Confrontation With The King
Louis XVI
ordered the
Third Estate
locked out of
the National
Assembly’s
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Storming the Bastille
this fortress was used by French kings to imprison subjects that didn't agree with them politically, making the Bastille a representation of the oppressive nature of the monarchy. This event was the start of the French Revolution and the eventual fall of the French monarchy. -
The Great fear
The Great Fear was a general panic that took place between 17 July and 3 August 1789, at the start of the French Revolution -
The Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of the Man and of the Citizen of 1789, set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. -
The March Of Women
armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets – marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles in what was to be a pivotal event in the intensifying French Revolution. -
Civil Constitution Of The Clergy
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that caused the immediate subordination of the Catholic Church in France to the French government. -
Flight Of The King
The royal Flight to Varennes during the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant episode in the French Revolution -
Legislative Assembly
Legislative assembly is the name given in some countries to either a legislature, or to one of its branch. The name is used by a number of countries, including member-states of the Commonwealth of Nations and other countries. -
The National Convention
was the first government of the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the one-year Legislative Assembly. -
Execution of King
Louis XVI was convicted of treason -
Committee Of Public Safety
by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793—formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror, a stage of the French Revolution. -
Directory
Promoted middle class interests.
Financial Crisis.
Riots in Paris. -
Napolean becomes empereor
, Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with incredible splendor and at considerable expense. ... Instead, he placed the crown on his own head, and then crowned Josephine Empress.
