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Tennis Court Oath
The third estate, claimed to be the National Assembly took an oath to pursue a constitution on Louis XVI. Things went well for a while until Versailles had to be surrounded by troops and dismissed a popular minister who had supported the reforms. This ended in the storming of Bastille. -
Storming the Bastille
A crowd of Paris civilians and some rebel soldiers stormed the Bastille that kept gunpowder and prisoners. 7 were inside and the man guarding the structure wasn’t prepared, panicked, and he then surrendered. This structure was torn down later. -
August Decrees
Abolished the feudal system. The National Assembly then came up with decrees for the citizens to follow. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The basic principles of the declaration taught men that men are born and will remain free with equal rights. This was influenced by the Enlightenment period. -
Constitution of 1791 (Just year is found)
The French Constitution was created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. it had retained a monarchy, but effectively included the Legislative Assembly. -
September Massacres
Murderous riots had begun during the first week of September 1792 in Paris. On September 2nd gangs of armed sans culottes stormed most of the city’s prisons and killed between 1,100 and 1,400 prisoners. Paris at the time was in a blood thirsty state of anarchy. -
Establishment of French Republic
After abolishing the monarchy, the French National Convention voted to establish a republic. It had been built by the people for the people. They did return to monarchy a few times but France has a more republic stance now. -
Execution of Louis XVI
This man was being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and had a death sentence by the French National Convention. He was taken in on a vacation with his wife. His wife followed him in being executed. -
The Decapitation of Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was put on trial for treason and theft. She was found guilty and beheaded just as her husband King Louis XVI. -
Execution of Robespierre
The terror was being escalated just when foreign invasion was no longer a threat, and a team of the right and the left formed to go against Robespierre and his followers.
