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Call of the Estate General
The French Revolution had happened because of King Louis XVI. France was losing a lot of money from the parties they had thrown, and were on the verge of bankruptcy. This had led up to the French Monarch convening to the Estate General to order a new land tax levy which the King hoped would make everything better. -
Tennis Court Oath
This oath would come to have a major significance in the revolution as the Third Estate would constantly continue to protest to have more representation. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille was a French prison in Paris, France. On the 14th of July 1789 the Bastille was stormed by a aggressive, angry mob. During the revolution, the Bastille was a symbol of power and the monarchy’s dictorial rule. It only held seven prisoners at a time, but the mob did not want the prisoners, instead they wanted they ammunition storages kept in the prison. -
March on Versailles
Women had set out on a march from Paris to Versailles, hoping to get bread from the monarchy, because the civilians were to broke to buy bread. They were armed with pitchforks, and pikes. The women had all chanted “Bread! Bread!”, but the King and Queen just enjoyed their cuisine. -
Royal Family attempts to flee
The royal faily had tried fleeing Paris to Varenes, because King Louis had realized that things were becoming too dangerous for them because the mobs were becoming more violent. When they were caught in Varennes the trust of the revolutionary government to them faded completely and revolutionary government became violent towards the family.
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Champ de mars massacre
Champ de mars massacre happened, when the citizens of France had come up with a decision against the National COnstituent Assembly that King Louis XVI was still king, even while he was under a constitution.https://www.sutori.com/story/the-major-events-in-the-french-revolution -
The first invasion of the Tuileries
The revolution turning point, because this day the citizens of Paris had attacked the Tuileries, which was the offical home of the Legislative Assembly and King Louis XVI https://www.sutori.com/story/the-major-events-in-the-french-revolution -
Overthrow of the Monarchy
This day happened when the French revolutionaries overthrew the manrchy because King Louis was guilty of treason.`https://www.sutori.com/story/the-major-events-in-the-french-revolution -
Execution of King Louis XVI
This was the day King Louis XVI was excecuted by the people, via the guillotine, making his wife watch her husband lose his head. -
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror lasted for six monts, and it was when the most excecutions were done, after King Louis died they had first excecuted Maria Antoinette, while her son Louis XVII had gotten away undetected, and no one saw him after that.
