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Estates General Meeting
The 3rd estate had a meeting with the King so their voice could be heard. They voted (not the state) on who should pay more taxes. The 3rd estate or the 1st and 2nd estate? The 3rd estate had the largest votes. -
Storming the Bastille
Bastille was a prison in France. People got sick of the King and Queen controlling who gets put into the prison so people formed mobs to attack the prison. On July 14th, they attacked the prison which led to the Revolution. -
The Great Fear
After Bastille happened, much panic surrounded France. Peasants broke into higher class houses and many nobles died. This violence time is known as The Great Fear. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The 1st and 2nd estate were fed up with the 3rd estate not paying any taxes. The 3rd estate finally gave in and started to pay taxes. Shortly after, The National Assembly Created the Declaration of Rights that included Freedom of speech, press and religion. -
Women’s March on Versailles
During this time there was a food shortage and many families were left with no food resulting in starving children. A great number of women fled to Versailles and demanded bread from the Kind and Marie Antoinette. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
It was a law passed by The National Assembly. The bishops were confined to 83 which led to one bishop per region. Other restrictions were put in place. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy decreased the strength of the Roman catholic church and made the French Government hold its power. -
Constitution of 1791
This Constitution only lasted a year but it was about males and taxes. An active male citizen that payed annual taxes (about ⅔ of male citizens) were able to vote. Only small number of men were able to serve as electors or members of the Legislative Assembly. -
September Massacres
People stormed prisons and killed anyone who had been there the month before. The mob was encouraged by Brunswick Manifesto. The September Massacres show how the government tried not to stop the bloodshed. In the end 1,200 prisoners were executed. -
Establishment of the French Republic
The French First Republic was established by the National Convention. After Louis XVI took shelter, France had to get a new government and new constitution. The first new government was called the National Convention, and the second new government was the French First Republic. -
Execution of Louis XVI
Louis XVI was not favored by the French people. He got France into great debt, crops were failing and food was at an all time low. In July of the next year, Paris mobs attacked the Bastille prison leaving Louis to escape, get captured, then returned to Paris. France demanded that Louis go on trial for crimes against the people.
