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The Estates-General
The Estates-general was an assembly comprised of the three estates of the realm The clergy(first estate), nobles(second estate), and the commoners(third estate). The assembly was called for by King Louis to propose solutions to France's financial crisis -
Tennis Court Oath
The Tennis Court Oath was a significant event because as the third estate found themselves locked out of the normal meeting place of the estates general they gathered in a nearby indoor tennis court and called themselves the national assembly and vowed they would continue to meet until they had drafted a new constitution for France, this was the first step in the french revolution. -
The Great Fear
Farmers and peasants took arms and attacked manor houses based on rumors of an aristocrat planned starvation plot. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The National Assembly drafted and instituted the declaration of the rights of man which gave equal rights to all the citizens of France. -
The Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly was the law-making body of France from the 1st of October 1791 to September 1792 during the French Revolution -
The Reign of Terror
A period in time in which Maximilien Robespierre had people who resisted the French Revolution executed, it ended when he Maximilien Robespierre was executed. 5 September 1793 – 28 July 1794
