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Estates General Meeting
The meeting that held by the king to gather more money from his people. However, they doesn't allow the generals from the third class to join the meeting and lock them out, which trigger the revolution -
National Assembly Formed
The third class generals form the Assembly to fight against the monarchy, and give right to people. This is the revolutionary group that was first formed. -
Tennis Court Oath declared
The Tennis court Oath is the act by the third class generals that they will not stop meeting until the constitution has been established to force the king the establish the constitution. The king try to stop them from meeting however they still kept meeting underground. -
Storming of the Bastille
After people know what happened to their estate generals they become angry about the monarchy. This led to the Storming of the Bastille which is the prison in French, as a symbol of the French Monarchy. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man Written
The Declaration of the Right of Man is written by the revolutionaries in French and influenced by the American Revolution and the Enlightenment philosophers. The rights included the right of life,speech and owning one's private property. -
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Legislative Assembly makes laws in France
The Legislative Assembly made laws for the people to have equal right. This also weaken the power of the royal family and the church -
Execution of Louis XVI
After King Louis tried to ran away, the people thought he betrayed the county. He was decided to be guilty by the people and executed in this day. -
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Committee of Public Safety governs France
It is a committee to protect the safety of people and give people equal right -
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The Reign of Terror
The goal of the terror is to strike fear in to revolution's enemy's heart. This event made so many people lost thier life which mostly is innocent and poeple could be accuse with simple rumor -
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Dechristianization
This revolutionary was against the church and want to weaken their power. They destroy and ruin many church and killed priest at that time to weaken them -
Execution of Maximilien Robespierre
The revolutionaries decided to execute Robespierre due to his madness and the numbers of people died in the the Reign of Terror. People and the revolutionaries demand his death to put the Reign of Terror in to a end -
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The Directory controls France
The directory is a temporary government after the terror. It gives people simple peace, but it is also corrupt and weak. -
Napoleon takes over in a coup d’etat
After the Reign of Terror and the corruption of dictionary the people had suffer enough, and want a much peaceful and better life. When Napoleon take place, the people saw him as a hero came to save them from the suffering. -
Napoleon signs Concordat with Catholic Church
napoleon restore the church's power, which let the religious third class be pretty happy. However, the church's power is still limited. -
Napoleon creates the Napoleonic Code
The code create a stable and progressive society at that time. It forbid free speech which is against the revolution's origin goal. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
After Napoleon restore the power of the church, he want to show his power. He decided to crown himself, and be in the top of Fence(dictator). -
Napoleon dies after he is banished to island of St. Helena
After Napoleon lost the war with other European countries, He was sent to other counties and banished to island. He live there for 6 years and died.
