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Robespierre is executed for being behaving like a tryant. marking the end of the Reign of Terror. -
This period marked the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Reign of Terror. The more moderate Thermidorians came to power and worked to restore stability to France. -
The Jacobins launched an attack on the Girondins, accusing them of being conspiring against the French Republic and for murdering the Jacobin leader (Jean Paul-Marat). In October the Girondins were putted on trial for treason so they were executed. -
When Louis didnt support the revolution they accused the King of treason and the whole royal family were guillotined. -
This was a period of extreme violence and political repression. The radical Jacobin faction, led by Maximilien Robespierre, took control of the government and launched the "Reign of Terror," during which thousands of people were executed.
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France declares war on Austria and Prussia, leading to the fall of the monarchy. -
The Declaration was included in the new consititution of 30 September 1791. This is the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, including the rights to liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. It also rejected the idea of absolute monarchy and arbitrary government. -
The Flight to Varennes was a key event during the French Revolution. It refers to the failed attempt by King Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children to escape from Paris and the revolutionary forces. Just to take back the power he had. -
The King copperated with the National Assembly but the food prices were to high so nothing change. On 14 july 1789 a crow of people attacked the Bastille and killed the prisioner governor.This was a significant moment in the French Revolution, as it demonstrated the power of the people to take matters into their own hands and challenge the authority of the King. -
The Estates-General meet in Versailles believing the king was trying to shut them down, they moved to a nearby tennis court and swore an oath never to separate until a new constitution was established for France. So the third estate created the National Assembly to write a new constitution for France. -
This period began with the convening of the Estates General, a representative body that had not met since 1614. The representatives of the Third Estate, who represented the common people, broke away from the other two estates and declared themselves the National Assembly. This event marked the beginning of the French Revolution. -
The Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly and Marquis de Lafayette wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. -
The French Revolution was a major turning point in French and European history that lasted from 1789 to 1799.