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The Tennis Court Oath
Oath: "Never to seperate" until Franch has a constitution
Some members of other estates join this group
King orders the group to sepearte, but they refuse and the King gives in and all now join the group. Louis decides to use force to crush the Assembly. -
The Storming of the Bastille
People stormed the Bastille, a french prison with a handful of prisoners, to free prisoners, remove cannons an get gunpowder. This became a symbol of the Revolution and represented the hated Old Regime. -
March on Versailles
A crowd of women gather in the streets to demand bread, waliking 12 miles from Paris to Versailles. They demand the King to move the government to Paris. -
The September Massacres
Killings of imprisoned nobels and priests accused of political crimes. The radicals now take over the Legislative Assembly and call for a National Covention. -
The Execution of Louis XVI
The National Convention votes on the King's fate, they all vote guilty, and by one to execute, with the Mountains wanting to execute him and the Girodins wanting to keep him alive. He died via the guillotine.