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Estates General convened in Versailles
-Meeting of the Estate General forced in by the Second Estate
-New tax was approved by King Louis XIV -
National Assembly
-Third Estate agreed to establish the National Assembly
-Resulted in the end of absolute monarchy
- The first deliberate act of revolution -
Official Start of the French Revolution
-Noble men started the idea of liberty and equality with the National Assembly
-Took away feudal privileges of the First and Second Estates and got rid of the Old Regime. -
Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen
-National Assembly issues the declaration of the right of men. -
The Womens March on Veisalles
-Woman took weapons, marched to Versailles and broke into the palace, killing guards and demanding the king and queen to return to Paris. -
Flight to Varennes
-Royal family attempted to escape to the Austrian Netherlands because France was unsafe
-Unfortunately, they were caught before getting to their destination and were sent back to Paris under guard. -
King Formally Accepts Constitution
-National Assembly completed a new constitution that took away much of the king’s authority.
-Now a limited constitutional monarchy
-There was now a Legislative Assembly to create laws and approve or reject declarations of war. -
France declares war on Austria
-Austria and Prussia persuaded the French into restoring Louis XVI’s position as an absolute monarch but the Legislative Assembly responded with a war declaration.
-Provokes Prussian declaration -
Convention formally abolishes monarchy
-France was declared a republic by the National Convention
