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Estates General called into session
The king was in trouble. The nobility was not happy with his attempt to tax their estate. Nobility wanted wanted to pass the cost once again on the Third Estate. -
Estates General meets in Paris
King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on 3rd Estate. Had not met in 175 years -
3rd Estate refused to abide by the kings one vote for eqach estate order
3rd Estate openly hates king now and considers themselves the nation assembly of France. King locked them out of the meeting. -
Tennis Court Oath
3rd Estate held a meeting of their own at the Tennis Court, upon getting lockedo ut of the meeting hail. There they all swore an allegience called the Tennis Court Oath and began their prosperous journy to a revolution. -
The Storming of the Bastille
Peasants stormed the Bastille prison and this action became the ignitiation of the French Revolution. They managed to kill several guards -
GREAT FEAR Begins
Peasentws rise up against their Lord and troops begin to gather in Paris. the peasantry revolt against feudalism and a number of urban disturbances and revolts. Insurrection and the spirit of popular sovereignty spread throughout France. -
National Assembly abolishes Feudalism w August Decrees
Abolision of the federal regime priviledged beings .
They came up with 19 decrees &the king refused to sanction the deecres. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
People gainede Liberty, equality, the capability of property, and the resistance to oppression. -
Woman of Paris March to Versailles for bread
Bad harvest forced the peasents of Paris into Versailles to demand bread in their starvation from the King and Queen, it forced royals back to paris . -
Royal Family's Flight from Varennes
King got stopped at Varennes after trying to flee the country. Destination was the fortress town of Montmedy. -
New Constitution Adopted
This gave liberty to the right people It abolished the nobility of France, created all men equal before the law, and took the ability to ratify legislation away from the King, and gave it to France’s new legislature the Legislative Assembly. -
Begining of Legislative Assembly
The legislative assembly provided the forces of libral and revalutionary law making. -
Brunswick Manifesto warns tht royal familymust not be harmed or else
It was a tactict to intimidate the French. If the royals were harmed they wanted the people to think they would be as well. -
Storming of the Tuileries palace
a crowd of 20000 men and women storms the palace they were determinded to dethrown Louis. -
French Monarchy is officially abolished
Revolutionary Gov't voted to abolish the monarchy and estab. the First Republ.ic. Royal family imprisioned. -
French defeat foreign invaders (austria and Prussia) who are attempting to preserve the monarchy.
France turns the tide of the war and takes the offensive against the invaders. -
Committee of Public Safety Established
The new committee was to provide defence for the nation against all enemys to the new ways. It became part of the revolutionary government. -
Law of Suspects passes Begining of the reign of terror in france
The Law of Suspects ignitiated a weakening of freedoms in France. It led to paranoia of a revolution all across France. -
End Of The Reign of Terror- execution of Robespierre
it was a bloodthirsty time in france of death and replacemnt. Robespierre's desire to piece together France back to its own ways sent him to the Guiliteen -
National Convention is dissolved and the creation of the directorate
This is the second to last stage in the revolution. Napolean's dictatiorshit will lalsttill november 1799. -
Napoleon named First Consul
He became very powerful and took good control of his armies training. 18th Brunaire.
