What the french revolution tells us about todays activist movements e1342168521376 638x360

French has branch to revolution

  • Period: to

    lack of food, economy decline

    heavy taxes,cost of living rising, bad weather
  • Period: to

    new draft government

    upper middle class-directory
  • meeting of the estates general

  • establish the national assembly

    they vowed to estabolish the national assembly-beginnig of representative government.
  • tennis court oath

    tennis court oath
    third estates-locked out of their meeting room-broke down indoor tennis court-pleding to stay until they had drawn up a new consitution.
    votes establish for the National assembly
  • hacking bastille

    hacked the prison-start of revolution
    storming of bastille
  • Period: to

    bring the royal family back to paris

    women-bread price 2 times- disatisfaction
  • equality speeches

    noblmen speeches-declaring their love of liberty and equality
  • feudalism is ended

    division between estates ended
  • declaration of the rights of man and citizen

  • bread riots

  • Assembly reforms france

  • Period: to

    royal family escapes(failed)

    failed- gaurd(prove that king has no power)
  • royal family attempts to flee

  • new constitution-limited monarchy

    legislative assembly created
  • prussian treat-bring the royal family back

    prussian threat- to bring royal family back in their position
  • legislative assembly declares a war on austria&prussia

  • Abolish the monarchy

  • louis 16 killed-guillotine

    louis 16 killed-guillotine
    louis 16 killed-guillotine
    prussian,GB,holland,spain vs france,austria
  • Robespierre-reign of terror

    Robespierre-reign of terror
    leader-dictator
  • Robespierre went to guillotine

    Robespierre went to guillotine-reign of terror