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Tennis Court Oath
On the eve of June 20th, 1789 the members of the third estate were locked out of the meeting of The National Assembly. They refused to be controlled by the King and other estates, so they met in a near by tennis court to make an oath to "Never separate" until France has a Constitution! -
The Storming of the Bastille
Peasants, armed with weapons for protections, marched to Bastille to release the incarcerated inmates.The Bastille was the French prison, where all the prisoners were held, and it was also used for storage of cannons and gun powder.In order to execute their plan, they needed to first remove all the supplies in the Bastille.As they arrived, most of the prisioners were already dead. However, the Storming of the Bastille became the symbol of the French Revolution. -
The Declaration of The Rights of Man and The Citizen
The Declaration of The Rights of Man and The Citizen was written on August 26th, 1789 by The National Constituent Assembly. It was done as a first step toward writtinga Constitution for France. The Nobles privilages are revoked and all frenchmen will be citizens, subject to one law, and have to pay taxes. This was the first document to limit the King's power. -
The Women's March on Versailles
The march began among women who were starving in the marketplace in paris over the scarcity and price of bread. They quickly influenced the revolutionaries who were seeking liberal political reforms and a constitutional monarchy for France. The mob ransacks the city of weapons and armory and marched to the palace of Versailles. They demanded the king return with them to France. -
The September Massacres
The September Massacres were a wave of mob violence in Paris during the French Revolution. By the time it stopped, half the prisoners of Paris had been executed: some 1,200 trapped prisones. The radicals took over The Legislative Aseembly. The Paris commune organized a mob attack on The Royal Palace and The Legislative Assembly.
