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Convocation of the Estates General
It was the first meeting since 1614 of the three French Estates-General:The Clergy, The Nobles and The Common People. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Estates -General formed the National Asembly and they decided to be together until new laws were established in the country. -
Tennis Court Oath
Third Estate decided to break from the Estates General and draw up their own constitution. They also dubbed themselves the "National Assembly." On June 20, 1789 they found themselves locked out of their regular meeting place, and so they gathered in an nearby tennis court and vowed that they would continue to meet until they had established a new constitution for France. -
Champ de Mars Massacre
military parade ground in Paris.king’s failed attempt to flee from the revolution, radicals in the political clubs called for the abolition of the monarchy - See more at: http://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/champ-de-mars-massacre/#sthash.JBxmqs9c.dpuf -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
The Assembly published this declaration which comprised a statement of principles rather than a Constitution with legal effect. From this moment on, personal freedom was legal -
Women’s March
Women marched on Versailles and obliged the King to sign some important legal documents. The Court and the Assembly moved to Paris. -
Constitution of 1791
created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting -
King’s Execution
convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. -
Committee of Public Safety
National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror (1793–94), a stage of the French Revolution. -
End of the Reign of Terror
a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between two rival political factions
