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The Estates General Meeting
The Estates General meeting is called by King Louis XVI to agree on a better tax plan with which everyone would he happy. The three estates participated and it ended when the third estate formed into the National Assembly inviting the others to turn against the King. -
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French Revolution
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Tennis Court Oath
After the National Assembly was locked out of the meeting room and after that they joined in a tennis court and promised not to leave until the Regime was established. -
Fall of Bastille
The french people were very mad at the King and wanted to be heard so on July 14, 1789 the people went to Bastille, a prison, and libertated everyone there even though there were only 7 prisoners. It signified the end of King Louis Authority becuase he could no longer control his people. -
End of Feudalisim
The end of Feudalisim in Frane is announced by the National Assembly changing the old rules, taxes and privilages. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was passed by Frances national constituent assembly. It is a fundemantal document of the french revolution and is influenced by the "national rights" -
Bread Riots
The king riased the prise on bread for over 88% and the san-culottes and emigrents especially couldn't afoard bread. So the people started stealing the bread and sometimes in extreme cases they even ended up killing bakers. Not only did men do this things but also women. -
Royal Family Attempts to Flee
In the night of June 20 King Louis XVI tried to escape paris with all of his imediate family to try and make a counter-revolution. He failed, they got only as far as Varennes where they were arrested and taken back to Paris. -
New Constitution
It was wirtten after the fall of the Absolute Monarchy, the national assembly drafted it and it was roughly based on the Declaration of the Righs of Men -
Legislative Assembly Declears War on Austria & Prussia
Many countries were scared of France because they feared that what was happening there would be an example for their people and their people would do the same. At first France was doing very poorly in the war but then the army became more succesful as the war progressed. -
Monarchy Was Abolished
Because of lack of food and money the Legislative Assembly voted to abolish the monarchy and make The First Republic, the vote was approved and the Absolute Monarchy in France was abolished.
