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France is on the verge of Bankruptcy
Picture Bread riots spread because of the lack of crops and demand for bread, People blamed the Royalty for spending on unneeded luxuries. Louis XVI summons the Estate General to meet the following year to solve these problems. year to solve these problems. -
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Revolution
Picture The 10 year French Revolution has dramatically changed France, every male was now considered a citizen. Elaborate dressing gave way to more simple styles. -
The Estate General Meets
The Estate General meets for the first time in 175 years. Each estate prepares cahiers (notebooks) listing the problems they see. -
National Assembly
The delegates of the third estate, claiming they represent the French people, declare themselves the National Assembly. -
Tennis Court Oath
The National Assembly find there meeting place locked and guarded, so they moved to a nearby indoor tennis court where they took an oath to "never separate and to meet wherever the circumstances might require until we have established a sound and just constitution". -
People of Paris Storm the Bastille
About 800 people from Paris, assembled outside the Bastille, a fortress used for holding prisoners. They thought the French had a lot of weapons and gun powder stored there. They eventually go through but found no weapons. This was a wakeup call to Louis XVI. -
Declaratation of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man is written. It used John Locke’s idea of natural rights, stating the every man has a right to life, liberty, and property, It also stated that all men were equal before the law. -
Olympe De Gouges
Olympe De Gouges demands equal rights in her Declaration of the Rights of Woman, and Female Citizens. -
Declaration of Pilnitz
The King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria (Marie Antoinette’s brother) threaten to intervene in the revolution to protect the French monarchy, in the Declaration of Pilnitz. -
March to Versailles
Six thousand woman march from Paris to Versailles and demand that the king and his family move to Paris to help bring about change. -
Beheaded
Louis XIV is beheaded, The Jacobins wanted to kill the king because they saw it as the only way to continue the revolution. At his execution Louis tried to make a speech but the guards drowned it out with drums. -
Nationalism
Nationalsim spreads through out France. Instead of giving loyalty to there leader, now they gave it to there country. France became a nation in arms. -
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Regin of Terror
Picture During the Reign of Terror 300,000 people are arrested for speaking against the revolution and 17,000 are executed. -
Robespierre Arrested
Robespierre is arrest and the next day is executed, after he has died the number of executions slowed down. -
Constitution of 1795
The Constitution of 1795 sets up a 5 man Directory and two-house legislature held power until 1799. In 1797 Constitutional Monarchy supporters won the majority of the seats in the legislature.
