-
Beginning of the French Revolution
The Estates-General of 1789 was the beginning of the French Revolution and first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm the clergy the nobles and the common people. -
Period: to
French Revolution
-
Storm of Bastille
Another reason what caused the French Revolution was the Storm of Bastille when a group formed of craftsmen and salesmen decided to fight back and ran to the Invalides to steal some weapons. -
Declaration of the Rights of Men
The National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man. -
The Royal Flight to Varennes
King louis XVI of France and his family attempt to escape from Paris but fail to do so.They escaped only as far as the small town of Varennes, where they were arrested after having been recognized. -
Accepting the Constitution
France's King Louis XVI accepts constitution -
Fall Of The French Monarchy
The fall of the French monarchy after storming the Tuileries Palace by the National Guard. The King and his family remained unscathed, but he no longer had any authority. The crowd swept through Paris destroying all images of and references to the monarchy and the Assembly suspended the monarchy's powers. -
Louis XVI is sentenced to the guillotine
After the King was found guilty, they took a vote and sentenced him to death,The Guillotine beheaded him. For the first time in thousands of years The French people were not ruled by a Monarch. -
Law of Suspects
A term which is used to refer to an enactment passed on September 17, 1793 during the course of the French Revolution. -
The Queens Defense
The trial of Marie Antoinette Queen of France -
Execution of All Popular Leaders
The Committee of Public Safety and Jacobin Club denounce the Hébertists and Dantonists on framed-up charges and execute all the popular leaders. Robespierre becomes virtually the dictator. -
Leader was over thrown
French revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre was overthrown and he was executed the next day. -
Mob attack National Convention
Napoleon was in Paris when a large, angry Parisian mob of royalists tried to attack the ruling National Convention at the Tuileries Palace.Vicome Paul de Barras had been impressed by the military ability and asked nepoleon to defend the palace. -
French Directory
five-man revolutionary government is created.
