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The French Revolution Begins
The French Revolution began around the years 1789 because they wanted to pay less taxes. There was also economic troubles and they wanted to form a new way of goverment. -
Estates-General
The Estates-general is an assembly witch representatives of all three states gather to approve the new tax. This meeting was healed on may 5, 1789, in Versailles. -
National Assembly
The national assembly wanted to make changes in the goverment. This was a long debate and on June 17, 1789, they voted to establish the National Assembly. To have an end on absolute monarchey and the beginning of a representative goverment. -
Armed citizens storm and capture the Bastille.
On July 14, 1789, a group of Parisians stormed the Bastille. -
The Assembly Reforms France
On August 4, 1789, noblemen created speeches declaring their love of liberty and equality. They join other members of the National Assembly to include more privileges. -
The Rights of Men
The declaration of the rights of man and citizen happened three weeks after the National Assembly. The documents started by "men are born and remain free and equal in rights." The documents guaranteed citizens equal justice, freedom of speech and freedom of religion. -
France declares war on Austria.
They wanted war because the would unify as the country and they would be able to spread ideas. -
Jacobins Take Contol
Many people were involved in the governmental changes around September 1792. They were members of a political organization, the jacobins clubs. -
Robespierre Assumes Control
In 1793 one Jacobin leader, Robespierre slowly gained power. Robespierre and his supporters wanted to build a :republic of virtue," by taking away every trace of France past. -
End of the Revolution
The revolution ended on July 28, 1795, when Robespierre went to the guillotine.
