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the american revolution
conflict arrose between 13 colonies in north america and the colonial government broke out into wat- known as the american revolutionary war -
the fall of bastille
French stormed into the Bastille.
This was the flashpoint of the french revolution, because the prison represented abuse in monarchy -
the great fear
panic and riot by peasants, of an aristocrat conspiracy by the king. A general panic at the start of the french revolution -
declaration of the rights of man
17 articles written on the basic characters of human liberties- served as a preamble -
the womans march
also known as the october march , on october 4th, a crowd of women gathered some parisians, including some men and marched toward versallies, demanding bread for their families. -
execution of the king
After being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers king louis XVI was executed by Guillotine in the placede la revolution in paris. -
Reign of terror
Civil war spreading hostile armies surrounding france on own sides. revolutionary government took harsh measures of those suspected of being enemies -
execution of robespierre
the convertion saw ropespierre as a tyrant and they decided to destroy Robespeirre before he destroyed the remaining members of the french government -
the directory established
entity that took over the frecnh government set up by the constitution of the year II.
