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Pamplet- "what is the third estate?"
Abbe Sieyes wrote a pamphlet titled "What is the Third Estate?" and in the pamplet, he said that the Third Estate is the greatest estate ever, and that became the battle cry of the bourgeoisie. -
Tennis court oath
After the third estate was locked out of their metting room because preporations for a metting that would house all three estates, they met at an indoor tenis court and signed an oath not to break apart until they had made up a new, fair constitution for France. -
storming of the bastille
The Paris mob attacked and released the seven prisoners that were being held captive in the Bastille prison. They attacked the prison because it was a symbol of the king's absolute monarchy. -
The great fear
The great fear spread across france, and once the people got the revolutionary spirit, people in surrounding areas started riotting for cheaper bread and suspension of feudla dues. The riots grew, with many pesants attacking manor homes. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
the Declaration of the Rights of Man echoed some content of the English Bill of Rights and the American Declaration of Independence. It let the people have political and social equality of all men, the sovereignty of the people, and the natural right to liberty, property, security, and resistance to opposition Just like our bill of rights... but for the french! -
March to Versailles
When women got tired of the shortage of cheap bread, they led a march to Versailles to demand cheap bread. The protest forces the royal family to return to Paris with them and when the royal family returned, Louis XVI signs the Declaration of the Rights of Man. -
Royal family flees france
By unrest (afraid the might be arested and exucuted, the royal family flees. This encludes: Marie Antoinette, and the rest of the family. -
Angry mob attacks the Tuileries
The people of paris are discouraged and sad. They have had major failures in war, and falling apart government, and a really hungry stomach. So they raided agaist their king. The angry mob stormed the Tuileries (where the royal family was being held.) They demanded a new and fair constitution and a convention to replace the Legislative Assembly. -
The Execution of Louis XVI
After six weeks of debate in the National Convention, with the Girondins wanting Justice for the king, the Jacobins wanted to execute him. soon the French government had sent its former king to the guillotine. -
Feudalism rights stripped
to stop the tide of violence in the country the National Essembly thought of the idea that the only way to stop it in the countryside was to renounce feudal privileges. The aristocracy stripped themselves of their feudal rights and privileges.
