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Nobility forces King Louis XVI to call the Estates General into session.
The king was in trouble. The nobility was not happy with his attempt to tax their estate. Nobility wanted to pass the cost once again on the Third Estate -
Estate-General meets in Paris
King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the 3rd Estate. Had not met in 175 years. -
3rd Estate refused to abide by the kings one vote for each estate order
3rd estate proclaimed themselves as a legislative, called the National Assembly, and stated they had the right to make laws for france. Locked out of meeting placed by king. -
Tennis Court Oath
3rd Estate met in an indoor tennis court and vowed would not leave until they had a constitution. King allowed each representative to have a vote. -
The Storming of the Bastille
A mob of Parisians went to an ancient prison called, Bastille in search of weapons. -
Great Fear Begins
After the fall of the Bastille, people were scared of how the king would punish them. -
National Assembly abolishes Feudalism with August Decrees
The dues that peasants owed to landowners were eliminated also the first estate's legal privileges. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The basic principles of the French Revolution, liberty, equality, and brotherhood. -
Women of Paris March to Versailles for Bread
7,000 women marched through the rain from Paris to Versailles, demanded for bread, and broke into Louis's palace. -
Royal Family's Flight from Varennes
King Louis agreed to return to Paris and live in Tuileries palace with his family, to make peace with the mob that attacked Versailles. -
New Constitution adopted
The Legislative Assembly was adopted, it kept the monarchy but the king had restricted powers. -
Beginning of Legislative Assembly
Citizen's gained broad voting rights, tax paying men that were 25 and older had the right to vote. -
Brunswick Manifesto warns that the Royal family must not be harmed or else...
Any harming of the french monarchs would provoke war. -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
a mob marched to the Tuileries palace and slaughtered the guards and threw King Louis XVI and his wife and his children in jail. -
French Monarchy is officially abolished
Revolutionary Gov't votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first Republic. Royal family imprisoned -
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. -
The execution of King Louis XVI in Paris
To prevent a return of monarchy and defend the revolution from it's enemies -
Committee of Public Safety Established
to control the countries military defense against the foreign forces on france's borders. -
Law of Suspects passes
where anyone that seemed "suspicious" was arrested -
Execution of Robespierre
Robespierre was declared an outlaw and was put to death without trial. -
National Convention is dissolved and the creation of the Directorate
restricted voting rights given in the previous constitution, now only men that owned property could vote. -
Napoleon named First Consul
3 Consuls were made to control the government of France, Napoleon was voted to be in charge of the first consul, and he basically became a dictator. -
Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of France
Where Napoleon wanted to conquer Europe and he asked if the people wanted France to be a empire, and the people voted yes, and he became emperor.
