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The Enlightenment of the 1700's Sparks The Revolution
Enlightenment speakers were convinving people that there was so much wrong with their society, that the citizens started to believe them, an thats how the Revolution came to mind. Along with the failing econony due to the Queen spending so much money on parties and dresses. -
The Diamond Neclace Affair
In the very begining of of 1785, Marie Antoinette purchased a highly expensive diamond neclace, which quickly spread across the cities, making the citizens unhappy, this lead to the discrediting and more resentment twords the queen -
Financial Mess
The Financial minister, Collone, Tells King Louis XVI that finances where insolvable, this means they counrty was i such a financial mess there was little hope of being able to fix it, and this would be the start of many citizen protests and riots -
The Estates Vote
The Third Estate votes for the First and Second Estate to pay taxes, in opposition to the First and Second Estate who say the poorest citizens, (farmers) should be the ones paying the majority of the taxes. -
Tennis Court Oath
The members of the National Assembaly meet in the local tennis court to take the oath to create a new constitution -
The Storming of Bastille
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The National Assembly Formed
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The D.R.M.
The people got together to form the D.R.M. and was first published on August 26, 1789
D.R.M. stand for, Decleration of Rights of Man -
The Bread March
Thousand of women march to versailles over the high priced scarcage of bread to stand outside of the Kings home, to protest, they will not move until the King and Queen sign the D.R.M. and if they did not, they would be killed. -
Nobility Abolsihed National Assembly
On May 19th the Nobility, (one of the three estates) abolised The National Asembly, puting an end the the D.R.M meetings, in order to keep society the way it currently was -
Electing The Assembly President
Mirabeau was elected the President of the National Assembly.
He would be the one making the most important decisions and the leader of the assembly. -
The Royal Escape
The "Royal Escape" is when King Louis XVI and his family tried to flee the country and go to Varennes because they had been on house arrest. When they were almost to there destination, they were caught and escorted back to there palace to be put on house arrest once again -
Food Riots In Paris
All of hte people in Paris were protesting, becasue there was such a great shortage of food, and the little bit they did have was overpriced, so it was therefore causing people to fight to the death over it. These riots whent on foor a week until the people finally got tired of protesting -
The Death of King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI (16th), died on January 21, 1793 -
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror was from September 5, 1793 to July 28, 1794.
This was a period of violence due to the conflict of political structure.
In this time, the death toll ranged to tens of thousands of people, killed by the guillotine, which back then was a community event and people gathered around to watch -
Results Of The Revolution
After the revolution, there were many positive outcomes.
Creation and extension of the new Civil Rights
Equality before the law
Careers open to talent
Participation in elections based on the governments property qualifications
Changes in Political Culture, such as nationalism
And the tax system was changed to be based on the citizens amount of income
