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Formal opening of the Estates General
This event mark the begining of the: French revolution, in which The Solemn opening ceremony began on the 5 of may, this convocation was request on the 5 of july the past year or 1789. The first assembling of the Estates General happend back to 1614, anyways, the event take place in a hall with clums that was very small that was builded behind the Menus-Plaisirs, in other hand, in this place were: the king (Louis XVI), the queen, some members of the of the third state and some few cleregy. -
Tennis Court Oath
This Event was a pivotal moment in the French
Revolution, this event passes in a royal Tennis Court ubicatedon Versailles, was a dramatic act of defiance ledered by the non-privilaged classes (the third state), in total were 500 members of the third state, liberal nobles and some cleregymans( they call them selfs as the national assembly), to bind togheter to keep meeting as a National Assembly. This was considered an hostil move by Louis XVI. -
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National Constituent Assembly
The National constituent Assembly was created in the wake of the Tennis Court Oath, was a major event in the history of western society, a revolution that destroyed the ancient régime, after the 9 of july turnet into the National Constituet assambly, followinf the Storming of the bastille(jul,14), the National Assembly became France into a constitutional monarchy and a effective goverment. -
Storming of the Bastille
This event ocurred in Paris, that the revolutionary insurgets try to storm and dismantle a medieval armoury and political presion, called Bastille, that symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. Bernard-René Jordan de Launay on 12 of july made that the royal authorities transferred 250 barrels of gunpowder to the Bastille because was a target of the revolutinaries,14 of july, an amount of armed revolutionaries go to the Bastille and surounding it Lunay in such situation raise a withe flag. -
The August Decrees
After the events that occurred at Bastille, The National Contituent Assambly took 18 articles that they eleminated the feudal system completly and the old rules and taxes, including the second state that were the nobles, and the first estate that were the catholic clergy, this event was made by the context of the great fear. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The legislative, National Assembly of France for the people, which shall never forget that ignorance, contempt or disdain of human rights are sufficient to cause public misery and corruption in governments. They have, determined that this declaration shall be proclaimed in a solemn manner so as to always remain before men the high ideal to which all citizens should refer in their rights. Aims of the declaration, The Assembly respects the sacred rights of men and citizens. -
The Flight to Varennes
Was a feiled of escape of the royal family leded by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinnete, they planed this ecape because there were worried about their sefty by the restriccions that the Revolution impuse about the monarchy, they want to reach the region of Lorena were some loyal troops of the monarchy wating for pretect them, the amount of equipment caught atention, in the travel a local official recognized Louis XVI, they try yo continue the travel,
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legislative Assembly
The National Assembly was succeeded by the Legislative Assembly, which operated from October 1791 to september 1792. The Legislate was made up of 745 mostly middle class members, who were divided between the left- and right-wing and many were members of the Jacobin Club. Changes and divisions from the start facing the assembly. -
The Assembly declares war on Austria
The French Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria (April 20, 1792), for the fear that other monarchies of Europe would attempt to restore the French monarchy. the first of the French Revolutionary Wars, sought to disseminate revolutionary principles and further inflamed revolutionary zeal. A significant tripwire was the Battle of Valmy, fought on 20 September 1792, which saw upbeat French forces against the Austrian army begin. -
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
Legislative Assembly was deadlocked in early August, focused on the King and the continuing revolts in Paris. This was dangerous business, however; on August 4 the radical "section of the 300" threatened to rebel unless their demands were met by August 9. An angry mob descended upon the Tuileries Palace that night, and king Louis XVI, catching wind of the threat fled with his family, in the Assembly where he was arrested. It was the second French Revolution, in the words of deputy Michel Azema. -
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National Convention
The National convention was an asemblye that was made up of the factions Gerondins who support the bourgeoisie and they want to reduce the power of Paris, and the Montagnards they want to give more political power to the poor people, they discredited by the defeats they got in the war so they promoted to the anti-revolutionary cualition. The second pashe of the convention was controlled by the Montagnards, and the convention lost its legislative initiative. -
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1st French Republic
After the Revolution of 1789 and the Republic abolish the monarchy the 1st republic of France was made, along the Republic happend impotant events : (1793),Luois XVI was executed, it start the war in France between world powers and the kingdom of terror get started,1794, Robespierre was executed, the kingdom of terror end, 1754, Constitution of Year III and establishment of the Board of Directors, 1799, Napoleon made a putsch, in 1804 the Proclamation of the Empire and end of the First Republic. -
Execution of Louis XVI
Louis XVI was executed in tuesday 21 of january, was executed by decapitation, the reasons that caused that are: treason, because he try to ran away of France by taking advantage of the flight to Varennes that happend in 1791 , the revolution ideals were not compatible with the absolute monarchy that means to eliminated any simbole of absolute monarchy including the king, he was declared as enemy of the liberty and the welfare of the french people (january of 1793). -
Execution of Robespierre
Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety had been see thousends of french people been arested for the suspicion of counter-revolutionary activity, since september of 1793 all of these people that were 16,594,were executed, the terror was implemented to guide the French republic, Robespierre refuse to let go the power, this led that Robespierre was declared as an outlaw,after that the Robespierrists and Robespierre took refuge in the Hôtel de Ville,finally he and his followers get executed -
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Directory
The Directory was formed after the fall of the Empire of Terror and the execution of Robespierre. It was a republican government led by five directors elected annually. Due to the corruption and political, social and economic problems it inherited, it lost popularity and was a government. Because of this, Napoleon took advantage and carried out a putsch (9 November 1799), thus establishing the consulate.