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The French Revolution
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The Estates-General
(or States-General) of 1789 (French: Les États-Généraux de 1789) was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate). Summoned by King Louis XVI to propose solutions to his government's financial problems, the Estates-General sat for several weeks in May and June 1789 but came to an impasse as the three estates clashed over their -
The Tennis Court Oath/creation of the National Assembly
The oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members of the third estate who were locked out of a meeting of the estates general on June 20, 1789 -
Storming of the Bastille
The peasants of Paris were afraid Louis was going to use the military to end the French Revolution before it started, so they gathered weapeons and stormed the Bastille stronghold. They murdered several guards, stole ammunition, and symbollically sarted the French Revolution -
The Great Fear
A wave of senseless panic. The peasants soon became outlaws themselves.17 July – 3 August 1789 -
National Convention
comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly of France and sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795. The Convention held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic. -
Execution of Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette
At Revolution square. -
The Reign of Terror/ The Committee of Public Safety
Ended July 28, 1794. The Reign period of Maximillian Robespierre. It was known as a period of violence occureed after the onset of the French Revolution -
Thermidorian Reaction
was a revolt in the French Revolution against the excesses of the Reign of Terror. It was triggered by a vote of the National Convention to execute Maximilien Robespierre, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, and several other leading members of the Terror. This ended the most radical phase of the French Revolution. -
Creation of the Directory
was a body of five directors that held executive power in France following the National Convention and preceding the Consulate -
The Directory
was a body of five directors that held executive power in France following the National Convention and preceding the Consulate. The period of this regime (2 November 1795 until 10 November 1799), commonly known as the Directory era, constitutes the second to last stage of the French Revolution.
