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Le Franch Revolution
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Declaration of Rights of Man
This declaration drafted many human rights the French people thought where important. It was drafted by the National Assembly. Many folks from America found this very influential to their declaration including Thomas Jefferson. -
Louis Calls the Estates-General
This was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General. The meeting was called to fix the country's financial problem. This resulted in Louis locking out the 3rd estate. -
Tennis Court Oath
Since being locked out by the king, the third estate made a makeshift council room in a tennis court. Calling themselves the National Assembly. This started the French Revolution with the humiliation of the king. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille was a holding place to several inmates and guns/weapons. It also held a figure of monarch power in Parris. Once this prison was stormed it showed the mind of the revolutionaries and acted as a starting point. -
March to Versailles
All the angry women in the city of Paris and more marched to Versailles in order to give the king and queen a piece of their mind and fist. They where outraged by the spending's of the queen and the high prices of bread. -
Attacks on Prisons
The massacres began on September 2, 1792 and lasted five days. The first attack occurred when twenty-four priests being transported to a prison were attacked by a mob of angry citizens of Paris. This started the massacres of loads of prisons and the rein of terror. -
Louis's Trial
The trial of Luis served as a huge turning point of the revolution. Many thought their could be no revolution with a king, so with their belief put to work Luis was put to the mercy of the geutine. -
The Terror
This was the mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands of which being killed by the guillotine.
