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Call of the Estates General
After assessing the situation, Necker insisted that Louis XVI call together the Estates-Generals, the clergy, the nobility, and the commoners. It was brought to an end when the Third Estate formed into a National Assembly and signals the outbreak of the French Revolution. -
Tennis Court Oath
In Versailles, France, the deputies of the Third Estate meet on the Jeu de Paume. They took a historic oath not to disband until a new French constitution had been adopted. -
Storming of the Bastille
Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops wretch the Bastille. For the French, the Bastille was a symbol of governmental and royal authority in the center of Paris. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man (August 26, 1789)
Passed by France's National Constituent Assembly, The Declaration of the Rights of Man states that all men are equal under law. Women and children were not affected by this document. The declaration is an important document of human rights. -
March on Versailles (October 5, 1789)
A mob of nearly 7,000 working arisian market women marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles to protest the scarcity and high price of bread. They armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is published allowing the French government control of the Church. Due to badly needed money, the government starts to sell church land. -
Royal Family tries to flee France
King Louis XVI and his family attempt to flee from France but are caught at Verannes. They are sent back to Paris where the King is forced to go on trial. -
Reign of Terror (September 1793- July 1794)
The Reign of Terror was an attempt to equalize every person and create a republic. 300,000 were arrested as traitors and 17,000 were executed. Maximilien rises as the new leader of the French Revolution. -
Execution of the King
After being put on trial the king is sentenced to death.The execution, from guillotine, took place at de la Révolution. -
Execution of Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre is arrested for making a law pass that suspended a suspect’s right to public trial and to legal assistance which as a result sparked the Reign of Terror. The day after his arrest, Robespierre is guillotined in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
