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jacques necker
in 1781 he made public the countries budget. -
olype ole gouges
she was and advacate against the slave trade. she was also one of the early women rights advacates she thought the women of france should have the same rights as men did. -
marie antoinette
she was the queen before the revolution. she was bad at budgeting the money from the peoples taxes and she would blow it on extravagant things. there was situation called the diamond necklace affair that also damaged her reputation. -
marquis de lafayette
he fought and commanded troops in the american revolution.he was also a key figure in the french revoultion and was seen as a national hero in both countries. -
maximilien robespierre
he wass and influential figure in the french revolution and was a french lawyer and statesman. he helped abloish slavery.rights to carry arms for self defense. -
georges danton
he helped overthrow the french monarchy and the establishment of the first french republic.he opposed the reign of terror which led to his death by the guitine -
louis xvi
he was the last king in france before monarchy was abolished in france.he tried to make everyone pay taxes and take away special privilages that the nobles had and they reacted very bad. he was also exacuted by the guitine -
calling of the estates general
the assembly was composed of 3 estates the clergy nobles and 3rd estate. which all worked on new laws and taxes in the country. -
formation of the national assembly
it was a assembly formed by the representatives of the third estate of the estates general. they called themselves the national assembly and represented 96% of the nation. -
attack on the bastille
the people that participated in the attack on the bastille were members of the french social class known as the 3rd estate and there were about 1000 men that particpated in the attack. -
national convention is formed
the national convention was the first organized republic abondoning monarchy all together. -
execution of louis xvI
he was sentenced to death by the guitine by the national covention. -
reign of terror
about 30,00 people were killed in france during the reign of terror. -
tennis court oath
the third estates took the tennis court when their hall was locked and made the tennis court oath which meant not to separate and resemble until a constitution was established. -
the directory is formed
it was formed following the end of the national convention. it lasted untill nov of 1799 when it was overthrown by napoleon bonaparte.
