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Estates General Called
In May of 1789 Louis XVI called the Estates-General , for the first time since 1614, he needed someone to tell him what was going on with the economic and agricultural crisis that France was facing in the years before the French Revolution. -
National Assembly Formed
After King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General to address France's financial crisis. He ended up refusing to give them more power, so the Third Estate created its own group called the National Assembly.They started to meet on a regular basis and run the country without the help of the king. -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was made to make sure that the National Assembly would finish writing their new constitution. It declared that members of the National Assembly would stay in the tennis court until they finished writing the new constitution. This showed the growing unrest against Louis XVI and laid the foundation for later events. -
The Storming of the Bastille
A state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The mob had come to demand the huge ammunition stores held within the prison walls. They took gun powder and weapons to help defend themselves. -
Constitutional Monarchy Formed
Constitutional monarchy is a system of government in which a monarch shares power with a constitutionally organized government. King Louis and his queen, Mary-Antoinette, were imprisoned in August 1792, and in September the monarchy was abolished. -
Mob Overthrows the Constitutional Monarchy, New National Convention, France a Republic
After the French Revolution of 1789, the powers of the king were reduced and France became a constituional monarchy. Because the powers of King Louis XVI were reduced, he asked for help from the Prussian and Austrian monarchies. Monarchy was abolished and France became a republic. -
King Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette Beheaded
King Louis was convicted and condemned to death by a majority. He walked fastly to the guillotine and was executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a judge, and on October 16 she followed her husband to the guillotine. -
Reign of Terror Begins
The Reign of Terror began with a declaration by Robespierre that Terror would be "the order of the day." it was a phase of the French Revolution. Almost 17,000 people were killed by official executions during the Reign of Terror, with historians estimating hundreds of thousands more deaths as part of the revolts throughout France or as unrecorded murders. -
Reign of Terror Ends!
The Reign of terror ended when Robespierre was removed from power and executed. He was the last victim of the Reign of terror.
