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Necker is dismissed.
He was fired because he was seen by the King as having precipitated the Revolution, and brought back because of the popular protest at his dismissal.(//YAHOOANWSERS.COM//) -
A CHRONOLOGY OF THE FRENCH REVELUTION
Louis XVI comes to the throne
American War of Independence
Famine in Paris and grain riots in northern France (//HISTORYHOME.COM//) -
TENNIS COURT OATH
The Tennis Court Oath was a result of the growing discontent of the Third Estate in France in the face of King Louis XVI's desire to hold on to the country's history of absolute government.(//www.thenagain.info//) -
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
national assembley memebers take tennis court oath,pledging to create a new constitution.(//www.spark notes.com//) -
ATTACK ON THE BASTILLE
king louis the 16 and his entourage, although obliged to admit their defeat , didn't approve the new Assembly.(//www.bastille-day.com//) -
DRM
Had 17 articles written by Marquis de lafayette and Thomas Jefferson.
Aprroved by the national assmebly.(//www.constitution.org//) -
BREAD MARCH
A crowd of women marched towards the versailles demanding bread.they also brought some men along with them.(//www.historywiz.com//) -
CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVELUTION
france was the richest and most powerful than any nation in europe.Great britian wanted the common people to have more freedom.//http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_day_did_the_French_Revolution_start_and_end -
Flight To Varennes
The Royal family attempted to escape revolutionary France to Austria (the birthplace of Marie-Antoinette), where the royals were promised a safe haven. King Louis XVI was not happy with the number of changes and reforms being wanted by the Assembly, and he planned to form an army of counter-revolutionaries to take back France. (//anwser.com//) -
Champ de Mars Massacres
crowds gathered to sign a petition for a republican constitution (and deposition of the King). Things got out of hand and they turned on 2 suspicious individuals.(//anwser.com//) -
the royal escape
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and their two children attempted to flee to France and gather forces tor eclaim his royal authority. Louis diguised himself as valet. Marie Antoinette disguised herself as a governess. -
OVER THROWN THE MONARCHY
The Insurrectionary Commune organised 20,000 people for a demonstration against the King. Louis had only 900 Swiss guards plus another 700 royalist guards and 2000 National Guards whose loyalty was doubtful.(//WIKI.COM//) -
September Massacres
caused by the imminent threat of invasion by Austrian/Prussian forces and the paranoia and terror as a result. People formed vigilante groups and briskly condemned around 1200 prisoners to death on suspicion of counter-revolutionary planning (which was very unlikely).(//anwser.com//) -
REIGN OF TERROR
In France, the guillotine became the accepted method of execution following tests on sheep and cadavers. Joseph Guillotine, a doctor, suggested its use for all executions, because it was a quick, painless death. Prior to this, only nobility had the option to die this way.(//tipod.com//) -
DEATH OF KING LOUIS THE 16
Louis XVI, king of France, arrived in the wrong historical place at the wrong time and soon found himself overwhelmed by events beyond his control. Ascending the throne in 1774, Louis inherited a realm driven nearly bankrupt through the opulence of his predecessors Louis XIV and XV. After donning the crown, things only got worse.(//PUBLICBOOKSHELF.COM//) -
NAPOLEON BECOMES DICTATOR OF FRANCE
Because Napoleon was a brilliant general who successfully defended the French Revolution from foreign monarchists, his troops became very loyal to him and therefore he had the power to assume the position of Emperor of France.(//WWW.FACTUALLY.UDC.COM//)
