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Beginning of the Sevan Years War
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End of the Seven Years War
Also known in America as French and Indian war. This war generated a great debt in France, and people were starving. It was part of the cause of the French Revolution. -
Start French Revolution
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Convocation of the Estates General
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The third estate becomes the National Assembly of France
By the Tennis Court Oath -
They proclaimed the Tennis Court Oath
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Jacques Necker, the King's financial advisor is fired by Louis XVI
This causes a great polemic and disappointing in the Third Estate -
Storming of the Bastille
The Revolutionaries took the Bastille, which was a prison where weapons were stored in -
Declaration of the rights of Man and the Citizen
The National Assembly of France declared it -
Women's march on Versailles
These women forced the King and his wife to come back to Paris, because they were angry with them: Maria Antoinette was suspicious of hoarding grain and the king Louis XVI was disrespectful with the Revoulutionary symbols, like the flag. -
Flight of Varenne: King Louis XVI tries to escape from Paris
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Champ de Mars massacre
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Declaration of Pilnitz is declared
Frederick William II and Leopold II created it -
End of 1791 - French Constitution is created
The National Assembly finally creates a constitution, which turns France into a constitutional monarchy. -
the French people declare war to Austria
To solve the problem, the French people declare war to Austria.First, they unsuccesfully tried to attack the Austrian Netherlands, then, Prusia enters the war in the side of Austria, and they make their way into France. -
the Duque of Brunswick creates the Brunswick Manifesto
General of Prusia, the Duque of Brunswick makes the Brunswick Manifesto, which is something like the Declaration of Pilnitz, the Duque says that he intends to install the King. -
The French people imprison Louis XVI and his wife.
The people storm where the French monarchy is staying, at the Tulleries, and they imprisoned Louis XVI and his wife. The National Assembly declares a REPUBLIC because they don't need a king or queen anymore. -
Stalemate at Valmy
Stalemate at Valmy, where the war was ending.The National Assembly decides to create a new Constitution. -
Execution of Louis XVI
The French people execute Louis XVI, he was killed by the guillotine, invented to kill people in a more ‘humane’ way -
The National Assembly declares war on Britain and the Dutch Republic
The National Assembly declares war on Britain and the Dutch Republic, and Spain and Portugal start to help Prusia and Austria in the war against France, too. -
Creation of the Levée en Masse
France is able to fight against all these countries because they had a revolutionary government created in February and declared the Levée en Masse, which said that every unmarried Young man in France had to join the army, and the french army raised over 1 million soldiers. -
National Assembly creates the Comité of Public Safety
The National Assembly creates the Comité of Public safety – a default goverment controlled by Maximillien Robespierre. They basically started to guillotine the people they didn’t like. -
Revolt against the revolutionary goverment
In Tolon, there was a revolt against the revolutionary goverment, created by a new artillery captain called Napoleon Bonaparte. -
The Reign of Terror begins
The Reign of Terror begins, over the next year:16000 people are guillotined40000 people were killed (wars...) -
Marie Antoinette is executed
Marie antoinette is also executed with the Guillotine -
Thermidorian Reaction is created
They created a new month (Thermidor=July) and a new calendar, people got sick of Robespierre and they guillotined him (July 1794, too).
