French Revolution

By Joann_919

  • King Louis XVI summoned The Estate General

    King Louis XVI summoned The Estate General
    • The political and financial situations in France were terrible at that time, which led King Louis XVI to summon the Estate General.
    • The assembly was composed of three estates: the clergy, nobility, and everybody else.

  • Formal opening of the Estates-General at Versailles

    Formal opening of the Estates-General at Versailles
    • Also known as the start of the French Revolution.
    • It ended at the time of The Third Estate formed into the National Assembly.
    • The reason why it formed was to figure out the financial problems In France at that period.

  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath
    • Formed by the Third Estate.
    • The oath was a revolutionary act, it claim that the authority should derive from people and their representatives rather than from the monarchy.
    • The Oath signified for the first time that the citizens of France stood officially against Louis XVI.
    • vowing that the future government would be a democracy.
    • wouldn't stop meeting until written a new constitution for France was.

  • The dismissal of Jacques Necker

    The dismissal of Jacques Necker
    • He was Louis XVI's finance minister.
    • The king felt he was too supportive and he was advocating the third estate of the estate general.
    • He implemented a rigorous economic policy,
    • His dismissal was a factor in causing the Storming of the Bastille.
    • He regulated the finances through modest tax and loan reforms.

  • The fall of the Bastille

    The fall of the Bastille
    • At the time, the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris.
    • The intention of attacking the Bastille was gathering the weapon from there.
    • Governor de Launay was charged in Bastille

  • Women's March on Versailles

    Women's March on Versailles
    • Women citizens mostly formed the event.
    • also known as the October March
    • The event's purpose was concerned with the high price and scarcity of bread.
    • This event has the largest number of people then. It defines the moment of revolution.
    • the king agree to share the position with the revolutionary government.

  • King Louis XVI executed

    King Louis XVI executed
    • He was sent to the guillotine in the Place de la Révolution in Paris on January 21, 1793.
    • The execution vote was 380 votes to 310

  • Reign of terror

    Reign of terror
    • from September 5, 1793, to July 27, 1794
    • Thousands of people were arrested and executed during this period
    • It was caused in part by a rivalry between the two leading political parties: the Jacobins and the Girondins.

  • Marie Antoinette executed

    Marie Antoinette executed
    • Marie Antoinette was also sent to the guillotine on October 16, 1793, nine months after the execution of her husband.

  • Napoleon become the consul of France

    Napoleon become the consul of France
    • Napoleon became a political leader and installed a Coup d'Etat.
    • He served as the first consul of France from 1799 to 1804.
    • He reformed the education system
    • He is a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century.