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National Assembly
The Third-Estate asked the other two Estates to join them in becoming the National Assembly. The Third-Estate made it clear they would run the country with or without them. The National Assembly was an Assembly of the people. -
The storming of the Bastille
The Bastille was a French state prison and a place where people where detained for committing various crimes. The Bastille was a symbol of royal Tyranny. It was stormed by a mob of Parisians which forced the king to recognized the power of the people. -
Great Fear
The Great Fear was a period of panic and riot by peasants. The peasants rose against their lords and attacking and destroying feudal documents. -
August Decrees
The National Constituent Assembly abolished feudalism. The First-Estate(clergy) and Second-Estate(Aristocrats) lost their privileges. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens
One of the basic charters of human liberties, containing the principles that inspired the French Revolution. It was adopted by France's National Assembly between August 20 and August 26, 1789 and served as the preamble to the Constitution of 1791. -
Women's March of 1789
Women's March on Versailles. The Women were protesting the bad economic situation. For example, there was a bread shortage but the king and his court had banquets. The women also wanted the king and his family to move to Paris from Versailles to work on the issue of poverty. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Is was the attempt to reorganized the Roman Catholic Church in France on a National Basis. It made many devout Catholics turn against the Revolution. -
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National Convention
The National Convention was going on during a critical time of the French Revolution. The National Convention was elected to provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrown of the monarchy. -
Marie-Antoinette
Marie-Antoinette was be headed on October 16, 1793 after being held prisoner without her kids. She helped provoke the popular unrest of that led to the French Revolution. It also led to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792. -
Maximilien de Robespierre
Robespierre was the Jacobin leader and one of the principal figures in the French Revolution. Later on he came to dominate the Committee of Public Safety but was later overthrown and executed in the Thermidorian Reaction. -
Napoleon's assumption of power
Napoleon was a Dictator. He overthrow the government. With the economy being bad and people starving he was able to overthrow the government.
