French Revolution Time Line

  • Bank stopped lending money

    The bank decided to stop lending King Louis XVI money.
  • First General Assembly

    First general assembly since 1614 of the french estates general
  • National Assembly

    National Assembly
    The national assembly l happened and it ead to the tennis court oath.
  • Storming of Bastille

    Storming of Bastille
    Many people went into that castle and took it down
  • Abolition of Feudalism

    Feudalism was no longer accepted and was canceled
  • Declaration of rights of Man and the Citizen

    Declaration of rights of Man and the Citizen
    The declaration of rights of Man and the Citizen was now created and they had now a paper filled with rights
  • Bread Riots

    The king made the tax for bread very expensive, so some women rioted over the price of bread.
  • Assembly reforms France

    The 3rd estates delegates name themselves the National Assembly
  • Royal family attempts to flee

    Royal family attempts to flee
    King Louis XVI and Marie Antoniette attempt to escape and go to Austria but they could not
  • New constitutional monarchy

    A form of democratic government in which a monarch acts as a non-party political head of state within the bundaries of constitution. Basically took most of the power of the king
  • War in Austria and Prussia

    French declared war in Austria and Prussia. The Prussian king threatened France to destroy them if the people were to do something to the royal family.
  • Storming of Tuileries Palace

    Storming of Tuileries Palace
    About 30,000 men in France attacked the Tuileries palace to capture King Louis XVI. King Louis was arrested by the people
  • Jacobins takes over the government

    Jacobins takes over the government
    Jacobins was a man who really wanted change in France so he did everything to make it better. He really wanted a change. He was really smart
  • France abolished the monarchy

    The French put an end on the Monarchy. There was no longer a monarchy in France
  • Execution of a King

    Execution of a King
    The people from France killed King Louis XVI. They decapitated him by using a guillotine
  • Army drafts over 300,000 men

    Army drafts over 300,000 men
    Army drafted over 300,000 men to fight war because since they killed the King the Austrians were scared that they will kill the queen which was from Austria and she was doughter of the emperor of Austria
  • Robspire becomes leader

    Robspire becomes the leader of Committee of Public safety "The Reign of Terror"
  • End of Reign of Terror

    End of Reign of Terror
    Robspire was deposed, arrested and executed. That was the end for the Reign of Terror.
  • The Directory

    Took power by the upper middle class and called for a two house legislature and an executive body of 5 men.