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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. -
Estates-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
The 3rd Estate proclaimed themselves a legislature and this showed the lack of representation the Third Estate had not recieved. -
Tennis Court Oath
This showed the French people had begun to oppose the Monarchy and had not feared the shy and weak King. And in doing so they had created the National Assembly. -
The Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille symbolizing the Monarchy Oppression, had been sieged by the Third Party peasants to fight the King and gain weaponry in case King Louis XVI would take control of the country by force. -
Great Fear Begins
Hysteria based on the fears and rumors. During the beginning perios the Third Party attacked many Second and First Party Homes, businesses, and out of mass fear, the Monarchy had begun to lose control of it's citizens. -
National Assembly abolishes Fuedelism with August Decrees
The National Assembly created by the Third Party, showed thier organization, and strength the hold as they have the most population for their Party. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
This document layed the ideas of which the Revolution was based on, "Libery, Equality, Fraternity." It also had the idea of individualism, talked of the heavy taxation, and issues of political inequality. -
Women of Paris March to Versailles for Bread
This event had unofficially ended the authority of the King, after they had convinced he King and most of the Assembly to flee from Paris. This event showed how volunerable the Monarchy really was and how it was not invincible. -
Royals Family's flight from Varennes
This started a national hatred toward the King and his family for fleeing Paris.Would later a main reason in King Louis XVI sentencing/convition in Treason against France. -
New Constitution Aopted
Shows the strength and intelligence of the Third Estate. This Constitution greatly limited the kings power and gave new voting rights for men, but yet it still neglected women. -
Beginning of Legislature Assembly
This new Legislature created of many different pilitcal groups, made new debate, while crying for change and at the same time had many Revolutionary Law-making changes in the progress. -
Brunswick Manifesto warns that Royal family must not be harmed or else...
Issued by Duke of Brunwick during the French Revolution it was a warning, in an attempt to scare the people of France not to hurt the King and Queen, or else Civilians would be targeted for death. It only further inspired the French Radicalists. -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
The French Third Party revolutionaries had succesfuuly stopped the Monarchy and have taken control of the French Government, this would last in chaos and disorganation until Napoleon rose to power. -
French Monarchy is offcially 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
This event had ensured that the end of France's monarchy was with the death of Louis XVI. The main political group, the Montagnards, were the main political group after the ended monarchy. -
Committee of Public Safety Established
The re-started France's Riegn of Terror and the Committee had threatened it's own people if they were against the revolution. -
Law of Suspects passes Beginning of the Reign of Terror in France
It marked a difficulty of and reversed the Revolution's fight for individualism freedom. The Revolution was turning for the worst as rights were being shortened and fear was a dominant tool in control of the people. -
End of Reign of Terror- execution of Robespierre
Robespierre, symbolises the Terror and oppresion of the government, when his execution has passed so did the Reign of Terror. -
National Convention is dissolved and the creation of the Directorate
With time passing less and less people are stepping up to take charge and lead the nation. From the numerous fighters willing to die for ending the monarchy, now to a few corrupted and unhelpful men, the idealism of "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" was beginning to fall short in meaning. -
Napoleon named first Consul
Napoleon's time is enclosing and even though he hasn't become emperor yet, he has been able to rig a spot as French Consulate, and while he was French Consulate he was considered the most powerful man in France. -
Coronation of Napoleon named First Consul
The Coronation Marked the End of the long fought French Revolution and a new era of the Napoleon Empire would rise and dominate the European Continent in the years short to come.
