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the march on versailles
The march was to return king Louis XVI and his family to paris. -
the civil constitution of the clergy
it included the right to assemble church councils in their dominions and to make laws and regulations touching ecclesiastical matters. -
the kings attempted escape
on the night of June 17th, 1791 king Louis XVI and his wife and kids attempted to escape Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution at the head of the loyal troops under royalist officers. they escaped only as far as the small town of Varennes, where they were arrested after having been recognized at their previous stop in Sainte Menehould. this would result in the beheading of the king and his family. -
the constitution of 1791
a twelve member committee was convened on 14th of July in 1789. it was tasked to do much of the drafting of the articles of the constitution. -
The September Massacres
there was a fear that foreign and royalist armies would attack Paris and that the Inmates of the city's prisons would be freed and join them. radicals called for preemptive action, especially journalist Jean-Paul Marat, who called on draftees to kill the prisoners before they could be freed. -
the storming of the palace and fall of the legislative assembly
the war was declared on the 10th of august in 1792 against the king of bohemia Hungary(Austria)started badly. The initial battles were a disaster for the french, and Prussia joined Austria in active alliance against France. The blame for the disaster was thrown first upon the king and his ministers (Austrian Committee), and secondly upon the Girondin party. -
declaration of war
was the war of the first coalition and the war of the second coalition. The french first republic against Britain, Austria, and several other monarchies.
