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May 5, 1789
"The Estates-General had already met several times, but due to the fact that each Estate was granted one vote, the clergy and the nobility often ganged up against the commoners, leaving them powerless." - https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/paris/10-important-french-revolution-dates/ -
June 20, 1789
"Undeterred, the National Assembly gathered on a tennis court to make a plan. The group agreed to stay together until they could come up with a new constitution for France. Their agreement was dubbed The Tennis Court Oath.” - https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/paris/10-important-french-revolution-dates/ -
July 14, 1789
"By July, revolutionaries were fed up with the monarchy’s resistance to change. Necker was sympathetic to the National Assembly, and the French saw his dismissal as a direct attack on the Assembly. In response, a group of angry French citizens stormed the Bastille Prison in Paris on July 14, 1789. The revolutionaries stole gun powder and weapons in order to be able to defend themselves against the monarchy." -
August 26, 1789
"On August 26, 1789, the National Assembly released “The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.” The document contained the basic beliefs of the revolutionaries. It boasted 17 articles, the most important declared that all men were born free and equal. The charter would inspire the new French constitution." - https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/paris/10-important-french-revolution-dates/ -
October 5, 1789
"On October 5, 1789, a group of mostly women marched from Paris to Versailles. They were frustrated that the royal family seemed to live in a world of luxury completely separate from their own. The group killed several palace guards and demanded that the king live in Paris amongst the people. Left with no choice, the royal family was forced to follow the mob back to Paris where they were placed under the watchful eye of the new National guards."