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Tennis Court Oath
The French Government called a meeting of the Estates General.The First and Second Estates disagreed with the Third Estate on a variety of issues, including the right to vote by head instead of by order. Because of this the Third Estate decided to break apart from the Estates General and make their own constitution but were locked out of their regular meeting place, so they gathered in a nearby tennis court and vowed that they would continue to meet until they had established a new constitution. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille was a prison that was attacked by an aggressive and enraged mob of french commoners that rated the prison of it's weapons and ammunition, killing all the guards and realising every prisoner all to show the French government they were unhappy with how it was being ran and to show that power was not held by the king, but by the people. The march on the Bastille symbolizes the corruption of France's political system, and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen passed by France's National Constituent Assembly is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and states the importance of human rights, equality, and gives the people more rights in their sovereignty. -
Constitution accepted by King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI although unwillingly, signs the constitution because he is fearful of being revolted against the National Assembly and the people of France. -
Legislative Assembly Meets
The Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to September 1792 during the years of the French Revolution. It focused on political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention. -
Alliance of Austria and Prussia
The Alliance had began during the Seven Years' War when France and Austria joined forces to fight the mutual enemy of Prussia. -
French declare war against Austria
After allying with France for war, France was defeated which weakened the alliance, and by the 1780s the alliance became more of a formality when, Austria briefly considered the idea of entering the American War of Independence on Britain's side against France. -
National Convention meets; Abolition of the monarchy
During the French Revolution, the proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy was a proclamation by the National Convention of France announcing that it had abolished the French monarchy as well as declared France a republic and tried King Louis XVI. -
Execution of Louis XVI
The execution of Louis XVI, by means of the guillotine, at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. It was a major event of the French Revolution. Louis was arrested and tried for high treason before the National Convention, convicted in a near-unanimous vote and condemned to death by a slight majority. -
Robespierre Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror also known as The Terror was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, caused by the conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and due to the enormous amount of executions that were said to be "enemies of the revolution". The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine, and another 25,000 in summary executions across France.
