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French Revolution
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Meeting of Estates General
The Esrtates General were called to solve the states financial issues. Each Estate had a single vote allowing for upper classes to always overrule the lower glasses. The third estate chose to make their own assembly. Description Link: http://historylists.org/events/list-of-10-major-events-of-the-french-revolution.html Picture Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estates-General_of_1789 -
Tennis Court Oath
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The Storming of the Bastille
People with muskets began firing on armed guards in the Bastille. Soon a lrage crowd with muskets, swords, and makeshift weapons had gathered. The crowd started raiding the Bastille and after it fell King Louis XIV withdrew troops. Paragraph Site:http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-revolutionaries-storm-bastille Picture Site:http://origins.osu.edu/sites/origins.osu.edu/files/4%20Prise_de_la_Bastille.jpg -
October Days
The women of France were unhappy with their current bread situation so they stormed city hall. When that failed they stormed Versailles and confronted the royal family. picture and paragraph site: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/kat_anna/octdays.html -
Storming on Versailles
This relates to the October Days. It is when the women stormed Versailles and confronted the royal family. Picture and Paragraph Site: http://thisisversaillesmadame.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-storming-of-versailles.html -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
This was part of a nationwide attempt to reorganize the church. It caused many catholics to turn against revolution.
Picture site: http://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/SODimages6/257_oath.jpg
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Flight to Varnnes
The flight was a failed attempt by the royal family to escape. The plan in itself was supposed to end up with the royal family safely away but simce it failed that clearly didnt happen. Picture and Paragraph site:http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/flight-to-varennes/ -
Dissolution of the National Assembly
The new constitution was finally made. This caused the national assembly to no longer be needed and therefore dissolved. France was also now a constitutional monarchy. Picture and Paragraph site:http://historylists.org/events/list-of-10-major-events-of-the-french-revolution.html -
War
War was becoming more and more of an important issue. France was looked upon with anger and fear. There was support for war in France as well Picture and Paragraph: -
Attack on the Tuileries Palace
The royal family was stuck under house arrest. An angry crowd found their way to the king and shouted insults. The king did everything the crowd said to, except change his stance on the clergy. This led to an attack. Paragraph: http://www.historywiz.com/tuileries.htm
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Reign of Terror
The duration when unbelievable amounts of people were killled at guilotine for mere rumor. 16,000 lost their lives. -
Declaration of the republic and the trial of Louis
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The Trial of Louis XIV
After the capture and declaration of republic in France. King Louis XIV was put on trial and found guilty. He was sentenced to death. Paragraph: http://historylists.org/events/list-of-10-major-events-of-the-french-revolution.html
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Reign of terror picture and Site
Look at timeline for Reign of terror Information
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Fall of Robespierre
The fall of Robespierre began when he sentenced friends ti the guilotine. He killed them because they were rumored to have sided with the king. . He went on a downward spiral and was eventually killed. -
Directory and the rise of Napoleon
The new assembly made yet a new constitution, They had lots of corruption. This gave way to Napoleon's tise to power
