-
Calling of the Estates Genera
Louis XVI called the estates-general in May, 1789 to enlist their support in raising taxes to help deal with the financial problems in France. The calling of the Estates General led to the Tennis Court Oath.
https://www.ducksters.com/history/french_revolution/estates_general.php -
Tennis Court Oath
The people of France thought it was necessary for the Tennis Court Oath to take place. It was important because it signified the first time where French citizens were opposed to the King, Louis XVI.The Estates-General had been called to address the country's fiscal and agricultural crisis, but they had become bogged down in issues of representation immediately after convening in May 1789.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Tennis-Court-Oath -
Attack on the Bastille
The Bastille was attacked because it was a symbol of the cruel and harsh government. The Attack on the Bastille stalled the King which permitted the Assembly to continue its work.The revolutionaries who stormed the Bastille were mostly craftsmen and store owners who lived in Paris. They were members of a French social class called the Third Estate. There were around 1000 men who participated in the attack.
https://www.ducksters.com/history/french_revolution/storming_of_the_bastille.php -
Great Fear
Great Fear, French Grande Peur, (1789) in the French Revolution, a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate. Peasants expected, yet feared, a monarchial and aristocratic counterrevolution. A chasm developed between the nobility and the peasantry and factions formed in France about what the new government should look like
https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Fear -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, one of the basic charters of human liberties, containing the principles that inspired the French Revolution.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man was to proclaim freedom and equal rights for all men, have access to public office based on talent, and to end exemptions from taxation. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Declaration-of-the-Rights-of-Man-and-of-the-Citizen -
French Women force Louis XVI to leave Versailles
The French women forced Louis XVI to leave Versailles so he could return to Paris so that he could personally see the poor conditions of the city.5th October 1789 the Women's March on Versailles. On this day in 1789, an angry mob of nearly 7,000 working women – armed with pitchforks – marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles in what was to be a pivotal event in the intensifying French Revolution.
http://www.onthisdeity.com/5th-october-1789-%E2%80%93-the-womens-march-on-versailles/ -
Louis XVI is executed
Louis's execution happened because he and his wife lost monarchical power during the French Revolution. The King also inherited an enormous state debt and he was not a good ruler. After the execution took place the European countries were angry.
It shows the power of the king is delate.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-louis-xvi-executed -
Execution of Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution. The day after his arrest, Robespierre and his followers were guillotined before a cheering mob in the Place de la Revolution in Paris
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robespierre-overthrown-in-france -
Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror, also called The Terror, French La Terreur, the period of the French Revolution from September 5, 1793, to July 27, 1794 (9 Thermidor, year II). With civil war spreading from the Vendée and hostile armies surrounding France on all sides, the Revolutionary government decided to make “Terror” the order of the day (September 5 decree) and to take harsh measures against those suspected of being enemies of the Revolution.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Reign-of-Terror -
Napoleon's Rise to Power
Napoleon came into power in France due to military success, as well as his attack on the French Revolutionary government while it was under assault by a Parisian mob. Napoleon was able to take advantage of a situation where the French government was bankrupt and inflation. The effect was that he provided strong military leadership that was needed when factions within the French government decided to overthrow the Directorate.
https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-rise-of-napoleon/
