French Revolution Timeline

  • Meeting of the Estates General

    Meeting of the Estates General
    The meeting was about reuniting representatives from each estate to solve the political problem. All the representatives meet in the Palace of Versailles.
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    French Revolution Timeline

  • Voted to Establish the National Assembly- leads to the Tennis Court Oath

    Voted to Establish the National Assembly- leads to the Tennis Court Oath
    Louis XVI canceled the Estate General Meeting. These lead to the Tennis Court Oath, were they decided to write a french constitution.
  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille
    Craftsmen and salesmen decided to form a group and revolt against the goverment. They created a mob and stole weapons from the gpverment. The group attacked on the Bastille becaus they knew that it was a representation of the king's absolute power.
  • Fedualism is ended, divisions between estates ended.

    Fedualism is ended, divisions between estates ended.
    On these event the goverment decided to end the fedual system, also they decided to abolish the divicion between the estates.
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

    Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
    The representatives organized a General Assembly to come up to an agrement about the rights of man and of the citizens. Therefore, they decided to crete a Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
  • Bread Riots

    Bread Riots
    The Bread Riots was an event in which mostly women were involved, the event was about women protesting to the Virginia governor. The women went around streets attaking comerical establishments.
  • Assembly reforms France

    Assembly reforms France
    An Assembly was held to reform France.
  • Royal family attempts to flee.

    Royal family attempts to flee.
    The royal family of france attemptsed to flee because they knew many people were angry at them because of their way of governing.
  • New constitution - limited monarchy- Legislative Assembly created

    New constitution - limited monarchy- Legislative Assembly created
    A new constitucion was held, there was a limited monarchy. Threfore they created a Legislative Assembly were witch provided a focus of a political event.
  • Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria & Prussia

    Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria & Prussia
    The Legislative Assembly was held and they came to an agreement that they wanted to create war on Austria & Prussia because, they thuough that the goverment could be defeted by foregin powers.
  • Abolished the Monarchy

    Abolished the Monarchy
    They realized that King Louis XVI had all the power and that nobody could tell him what to do because he was an absolute monarchy. Citizens decided to abolish monarchy and implement a new type of goverment.