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THe French Revelutions
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Tennis court oath
info found at www.history.com: Faced with financial crisis, the French Government called a meeting of the Estates General on june 17 the 3rd estate broke from the estate general and drew up there own constitution. They were not aloud in there original meeting place so they gathered in a near by tennis court and vowed to keep meeting there until they had a new constitution for France. -
Storming of the Bastille
On the morning of July 14th, 1789, a group formed of craftsmen and salesmen decided to fight back and ran to the Invalides to steal some weapons.The Bastille was a prison that was a symbol of the Kings power. That night 800 men started to destroy the Bastille. -
Creaton of the D.R.M
info found at Avalon.law :The Decleration of Rights of Man (D.R.M), a fundumental document of the French constitutional history ,the D.R.M listed the rights of an individual, the right to "liberty, property, security, and resistance. -
Women attack Versailles
found on thegrindstone.com: Thousands of women from Paris marched the 12 miles from Paris toVersailles. They were armed with brooms,lances,pistols etc.They slaughterd the gaurds and put the gaurds heads on pikes. They wanted king Louis to sign the D.R.M. -
The Royal Escape
info found at www.Britannica.com: The Revolution has been going on for 2 years ,The royal family was on house aresst in Paris and the NA forced the king to sign laws thattook more,andmore power away from him.One night the royal family got into a carrage and tried to make it for austria. They made it to the Austrian border . -
the death of king Louis
Lois was put on trial after being captured . tried for treason by the National Convention ,on January 21 the king was convicted and condemed to death. -
Reign of Terror
A 10 month Period where the revolution took its bloodiest turn yet thousands of people were murdered mostly under the athority of robespierre suspects of the revolution were guitined it was a horrifying period -
robespirre dies
robespeirre advocated against the death penalty and for the abolition of slavery, while supporting equality of rights. he was arrested and executed .
