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Call of the General Estates
Louis XVI called the three estates together. He called them to help the financial problem in France. In the end the taxes were raised on the third estate. -
The Creation of the National Assembly
The National Assembly was created by the third estate. The National Assembly was a revolutionary assembly. This was one of the starting point in the French revolution. -
The Tennis Court Oath
The king said that he would meet with them about their complain about the government. The king didn't show up and the people got mad. They were locked out and so they decided to meet up in a different room where they can do their own meeting. They meet up in a tennis court and make a new declaration. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille was a medieval fortress, armory, and a political prison.One afternoon a riot of angry peasants came and raided the fortress. They manage to get inside and killed many soldiers inside. They stole weapons and gunpowder. -
The Declaration of the Right of Man
Since the king didn't meet up with them.They went to a tennis court and decided to take things into their own hands. They wouldn't leave until they came up with something. In the end they made the Declaration of the Right of man. -
Women March on Versailles
Women are fighting for their children to have bread. They decide to march to Versailles and have a talk with the king. They storm to the palace and demand to see the king. The king comes out and says that he will come to Paris with the. -
Flight to Varennes
The king was being held captive in Paris. He decided to flee and escape to Varennes. He took his wife and kids with him. They dressed up as peasants. They made it far but when they reached Sainte-Menehould a guard stopped them and checked their passport. He recognised the king. He ended up being turned in and taken back to Paris. -
The September Massacres
The September Massacres are a time period of killings. Paris and other cities were having waves of killing throughout the city. -
The Execution of King Louis XVI
The king had a trial held. The court was divided into two. Some didn't want the king dead. Mostly the people wanted him dead. The court ended and he was sentenced to death. He was put on the guillotine and got his head chopped off. -
The Creation of the Committee of Public Satey
The National Convention created the Committee of Public Safety. The committee of Safety was created during the Reign of Terror. -
The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
Jean-Paul Marat was killed by Charlotte Corday. She didn't believe in what Jean-Paul Marat was saying in his newspaper. She went where he was and stabbed him. She thought by killing him peace would come but instead she got killed by the guillotine. -
The Reign of Terror
This was a period of bloody and horrible deaths. The Robespierre decided to cut the head of every traitor out there. Over 16,000 people were guillotine. This was a scary time period for the people. If the guard heard something they didn't like you were automatically taken to the guillotine. -
The Execution of Marie Antoinette
She was help in a two-day trial. She was convicted of high treason by the Revolutionary Tribunal. She was taken to the guillotine and had her head chopped off. -
The Execution of Maximillien Robspierre
Robespierre made a holiday and he was in the center of it. People started to question him. Then he made a threat list and it made everyone wonder if they were on it. They were scared since he didn't show it to the public. The people took him and executed. -
The Creation of the Directory
The Directory was made of five members. This replaced the Committee of public Safety. It only lasted for 4 years until Napoleon overthrown it. -
Napoleon Gains Control
He and his brother were working together in the Council of Five-Hundred. Then he became the First Council. Napoleon was also a commander in war. He made the Pope crown him emperor.
