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Meeting of the Estates General
A meeting of the Estates-General is called by Louis XVI in Versailles to discuss and approve a new tax plan. -
The National Assembly
The third estate declares itself the "National Assembly", and a few nobles joined the movment of the third estate. -
Storming of the Bastille
When the radicals stormed into the Bastille -
End of Feudalism
The end of feudalism in France is made and later annonced by the National Assembly. -
Versailles Trouble
The women of Paris invade Versailles. Parisians, led by a large Number of women, go to Versailles and force the royal family back to Paris. Louis XVI is called by many a "prisoner" in Paris. The Assembly, still in Versailles, declares, in the constitutional monarchy, its inseparability from the king. -
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy got accepted. -
Louis XVI Escape Attempt
Louis XVI and his family are arrested while attempting to escape from france because they want to kill him. -
The Constitution of 1791
The Constitution of 1791 is brought upon the people of France. -
France Declares War
The war begins bettween France and Austria, and it was started by France. -
Louis XVI and the Guillotine
Louis XVI is sentenced to the guillotine because he had alreadyt done a lot of bad to the whole country of France and deserved it. -
Legislative Assembly Defenition
Legislative assembly is the name given in some countries to either a legislature, or to one of its branch. -
Estates-General Definition
The legislative body in France until 1789, representing the three estates of the realm (i.e., the clergy, the nobility, and the commons). -
National Assembly Definition
The elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution, 1789–91. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man Definition
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
Great Fear Definition
The Great Fear (French: la Grande Peur) was a general panic that occurred between 17 July and 3 August 1789 at the start of the French Revolution. -
Tennis Court Oath Definition
The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789. -
Emigres Defenition
A person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, usually for political reasons. -
Jacobins Defenition
A member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789. The Jacobins were the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution, and in association with Robespierre they instituted the Terror of 1793–4. -
San-culottes Defenition
The sans-culottes (French: [sɑ̃kyˈlɔt], "without culottes") were the common people of the lower classes in late 18th century France, a great many of whom became radical and militant partisans of the French Revolution in response to their poor quality of life under the Ancien Régime. -
Guillotine Defenition
A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people. -
“Reign of Terror” Period
A period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular Reign of Terror, the period of the Terror during the French Revolution.
