French Revolution

  • Meeting of the Three estates

    after bad harvests and costly wars, King Louis XVI is forced to convene a meeting of the 3 estates
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    French revolution

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    The National Assembly

  • The tennis court oath is created

    The tennis court oath is created
    the national assembly resolves not to disband until it has written constitution.
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    the great fear

    peasants attack noble manors
  • Storming of the Bastille

    Bastille is stormed by a french mob
  • renunciation of feudal rights

    nobles in national assembly renounce feudal rights, the jacobin club is formed
  • declaration of the rights of man

    declaration of the rights of man
    The assembly issues the declaration of the rights of man
  • the french palace

    the french palace
    king louis is brought from versailles to to Tuilries palace in paris
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    legislative assembly

  • the fleeing king

    The king flees to Austria, but is caught at varennes
  • The death begins

    The death begins
    An angry mod storms the royal palace, and the legislative assembly collapses and people who are deemed "traitors" are killed off.
  • start of a new government

    national convention abolishes monarchy and establishes new government
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    national convention

  • new calender

    new calender
    revolutionary calender is introduced
  • long live the king

    long live the king
    national convention executes king
  • the new Reign

    counter revolution begins and so does the Vendee reign.
  • the terror returns

    the terror returns
    new reign of terror corrupts France
  • a new "king"

    prince controls put into place by the government, and dechristianazation begins.
  • the end of terror

    Robespierre is executed and reign of terror ends
  • the Christians return

    churches are repoened
  • new government

    new constitution is adopted and new formation of a government
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    the directory government

    2 new houses for the new constitution
  • new directive

    couop d'etat abolishes dierectory
  • napoleons new beginning

    napoleon abolishes old directive and creates new government, and the official end to the revolution