Phases of the french revolution

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  • The National Assembly

    the third estate broke off and started a new government

  • Storming the Bastille

    Peasants charge into the Bastille to get weapons from an armory and to show that they don't need a monarch

  • Declaration of the rights of man and citizen

    Defined individual rights of people during the revolution (kind of like the declaration of independence)

  • The Legislative Assembly

    after the failure of the national assembly they form the legislative assembly

  • War with Austria

    The French declare war with Austria because Austria has their former monarch

  • Radical take over

    Radicals with only democratic ideas take over and the Louis dynasty is over

  • The National Convention

    Jacobin's take over and monarchy is abolished

  • The Guillotine

    Dr. Joseph Guillotine invents the guillotine. it was intended as a more human way of execution but was wrongly used.

  • The Execution of the King

    King Louis XIV is executed

  • The Directory

    Promoted middle class interests, financial crisis, food shortages, and Riots in Pairs

  • Napoleons Rise to Power

    Napoleon takes advantage of the crisis and takes power

  • General Reforms

    Freedom to warship, stabilized food prices, class equality, rebuilt Paris, and go rid of 10 day week