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Tennis Court Oath
May 1789: first meeting of the Estates-General was held
(291 from First Estate, 279 from Second Estate, and 578 from Third Estate)
The structure of voting caused an argument.
Second Estate made it clear that they wanted to nullify the votes of the Third Estate.
June 17: Third Estate decided to no longer participate in the Estates-General; instead, they declared themselves the French National Assembly and met at a tennis court; made an oath to not disband until they made a national constitution. -
Storming of the Bastille
-Rumor started about the First and Second Estates wanting to overthrow the Third Estate
-Mobs broke into buildings in search of weapons
-Chaos lasted for three days
-July 14: Third Estate stormed the Bastille
(Bastille = armory-prison; became a symbol of the tyranny of the ancien régime)
-Mob massacred the staff and freed the prisoners
-108 deaths (98 sans-culottes, 10 guards) -
The Great Fear
Great Fear = peasant uprisings in the countryside; occurred at the same time as the urban revolution
-August 4: National Assembly abolished serfdom, feudal privileges, and Church taxes, in order to appease the Third Estate
-August 26: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (National Assembly codified new civil equality) -
August Decrees
The August Decrees were made by the National Constituent Assembly. After the fall of Bastille, the Assembly made the decision to improve the social pattern of the country to bring peace to unhappy peasants. It was geared toward encouraging civility. There were 19 decrees. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
The goal of this was to create a constitution for France, and this was the first step to that. Its purpose was to remind the citizens of their rights and duties. -
Women's Bread March
-started with women marching bc of the high price of bread-people joined the march to the king’s palace (along with 20,000 National Guard) in Versailles- bc king would not eliminate feudalism-results in martial law (temporary military governance) -ended the jurisdiction of King Louis XVI- new balance of power -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
-reorganization of the church system in France-French clergy had to swear loyalty to King Louis XVI and new government- refused, persecuted-4 titles, 24 articles -
Louis XVI escapes
- Louis and family escaped from Paris to Varennes
- were cought and brought back to Paris on June 25 and was forced to sign the Constitution of 1791
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Declaration of Pillnitz and war
- declared by Leopold II emperor of the holy roman empire
- and by frederick william II king of prussia
- would take action to restore French Monarchy and end the French Revolution
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Constitution of 1791
- Forced Louis XVI to sign it
- provided a limited monarchy
- new legislature created, called the French Legislative Assembly, that would replace the National Assembly
