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French Government worried about taxes
The French government worried about raising taxes on peasants, because they knew they would revolt. -
Meeting of Estates General
An assembly of representatives from all three estates, meet in Versailles to approve the new tax. -
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Establish the National assembly
An assembly of the third estate delegates, it leads to Tennis court Oath -
Storming of the Bastille
People gathered at the Bastille to protect themselves from mercenaries that had orders from the King to kill people. -
Feudalism ended, no more estates
Everyone has same amount of power. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The National Assembly adopts a statement of revolutionary ideals. -
Bread Riots
Woman marched along the streets in Paris protesting for the lack of bread- -
Assembly Reforms France
A finance minister proposed this to King Louis XVI, to try and reform France. -
Royal Family tries to flee
The Royal Family tries to leave France, and go to Austria because they wanted to kill King Louis XVI and his family. They would go to Austria with Marie Antoniette's brother, the Emperor of Austria. -
Legislative Assembly created
It was made to focus on political debate and law-making. It was lead by two opposing groups, -
Legislative Assembly declares war
They declares war on Austria and Prussia, though they feared poorly at first, but became more successful during the war. -
Storming of Tuileries Palace
The King was arrested by the people who where mad at him for not ruling fairly. -
Jacobins takes over the government
Jacobins, takes over France, now that King Louis and Marie Antoniette are arrested. -
France abolished the monarchy
The Legislative Assembly votes to abolish monarchy, and establish a Republic. -
King Louis XVI is executed
The King was executed after he was arrested with his family, and taken to prison. His wife Marie Antoniette was also executed in the same year. -
Army drafts men to army to fight war
300,000 men were drafted to fight in the war between Great Britian and the Dutch Republic.
