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Bread Riots
Bread was one of the most important foods in the French diet during the 18th century. As France went into debt after the American Revolution and the seven years war, they began to raise their prices on bread. The people were not happy so they began to raise riots and protest. This event, we believe is the starting of the French Revolution because it was the first time that the French people really stood up against their government and fought for what they throught was right. -
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The National Assembly
On July 7th, 1789, the national committee appointed thirty members to draft a constitution. On the 9th, they claimed themselves the Constituent National Assembly. They had full authority to decree the law. -
The storming and fall of the Bastille.
Happened on July 14th 1789 in Paris which was a fortress and a prison and the “Declaration of the Rights of Men and of the Citizen”was the third event of the opening in the Revolution. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The French declaration listed the "inalienable rights" of the individual,the rights to "liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression" and the rights to freedom of speech and of the press were guaranteed. The document asserted the equality of men and the sovereignty of the people, on whom the law should rest, to whom officials should be responsible, and by whom finances should be controlled. This is a very important document in French history.
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Estates General Meeting
The Estates meeting held multiple representatives from each estate to solve the political crisis of the French Revolution at hand and they all met at the Palace of Versailles. The purpose of this meeting was to give every estate a chance to voice their opinions to the king, the first in french history. This meeting lead to the many that followed that would eventually lead to the Tennis court Oath in 1791. -
The Tennis Court Oath
This act is what ultimately lead to the National Assembly. On June 20th,at an Estates general meeting, the third estate was locked out of the chamber, after they were told that they had a voice in these meetings. After learning the news, the people met on a nearby tennis court, where they took an oath not to separate, until a new Constitution was issued.
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The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Civil Constitution of Clergy was a law passed on the12th of July during the French revolution and helped “complete the destruction of the monastic orders”. -
The Death of Marat
Jean-Paul Marat was a major contributer of terror during the French Revolution, Marat wrote a daily newspaper about the French Revolution, that listed all of the people he wanted dead, and people followed through with his wishes. Marat was killed by Chorolette Corday who was fed up with the number of people who were dead because of Marat. Responisble for over 20,000 deaths, Marat remains a symbol of terror in the history of the French Revolution. -
Louis XVI executed
One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
Reign of Terror Starts
The Reign of Terror was a time of violence that happened after the French Revolution started. It started because of the rising conflict of the two rival political factions, the Jacobins and the Girondins. During this time about 16,000 to 40,000 people were killed. The guillotine became the symbol of this revoluntionary cause. -
Napoleon assumes command of French army in Italy.
In March of 1796, Napoleon assumed the command of the French army. Around this time the army forces were low and not well equipped and they were inferior to the numbers of Austrian forces. Napoleon issued a proclamation and about two months later, Napoleon had taken Milan and controlled most of Lombardy. He was responsible for around 3 million deaths -
The Directory fell and ended the French Revolution.
This was when the French Revolution finally ended and the people were finally happy because they had gotten rid of their monarchy in replace of a new republic. "The French Revolution was a step towards replacing traditional aristocratic forms of government with more open, elective systems. Along with the American Revolution, it inspired reformers throughout the western world."
