-
The rise of The Third Estate
The Third Estate wanted to change the votes to head count rather than status. The Third Estate was 98% more abundant than the other two bodies. The others shared the same thought but they also had a more representative from of government. -
The Beginning
It began with the french citizens had an upheaval. The cause of this was wide spread discontent with the French Monarchy and poor economic policies. Which lead to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette's death by guillotine. -
The Bastille and the Great Fear
On June 12, as the National Assembly continued to meet at Versailles, fear and violence consumed the capital. Through enthusiastic about the recent breakdown of royal power. -
The Tennis Court Oath
Members of the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath. They vowed not to reassemble wherever circumstances require. They wanted the constitution of the Kingdom to be established. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Assembly adopted the Declaration of the rights of man and citizen. This statement of democratic principles grounded in the philosophical and political ideas.This gives the freedom of speech, popular sovereignty and representative government. -
Constitution Accepted by King Louis XVI
This was the first constitution in France. It was created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancient Régime. -
French Revolution Turns Radical
Sometime in April 1792, the newly elected Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria and Prussia. French émigrés were building counterrevolutionary ideals. Across Europe through warfare. -
Reign of Terror
Following the king's execution, war with various European powers and intense divisions within the National Convention ushered the French Revolution into a great violent time. His death marked the beginning of the Thermionic Reaction. Over 17,000 people were officially tried and executed during the Reign of Terror. -
French Revolution Ends
On August 22, 1795, the National Convention, composed largely of Gridirons who had survived the Reign of Terror, approved a new constitution that created France's first bicameral legislature. Executive power would lie in the hands of a five-member Directory appointed by parliament. The Directory’s four years in power were riddled with financial crises, popular discontent, inefficiency and, above all, political corruption. -
Napoleon’s Rise
On November 9, 1799, as frustration with their leadership reached a fever pitch, Bonaparte staged a coup d’état, abolishing the Directory and appointing himself France’s “first consul.” The event marked the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of the Napoleonic era. France would come to dominate much of continental Europe.
