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The Tennis Court Oath
The tennis court oath was a meeting the third estate held in a tennis court. The third estate started calling themselves the national assembly and wanted a new constitution on the king. The third estate was removed from a certain location, so the held the meeting at a tennis court -
Storming of the Bastille
The Bastille was created to protect Paris form being attacked by the English. Before the Bastille was used to protect Paris, it was used as a prison. The Bastille in the end, ended up being torn down, and now in France they celebrate on what they call "Bastille Day". -
Declaration of the rights of Man
The Declaration of the rights of man means that all men are equal under the law. The women and children were never affected by this nor did it really have anything to do with them. It was approved by the national assembly in August, 1789. -
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
So during this time, due to recieving horrible amounts of pay the government started selling church land. Many people did not believe this was right, and they were pretty mad about it. Soon everything settled down though. -
Royal family attempts to flee
Louis King XVI and his family attemps to flee from France but are caught at verannas. Many people said it was a significant time during the french revolution especially since they didnt have any success. Many people were drawn to this at this time even. It had some gossip to it -
Execution of the king
He was executed by the guillotine. Many people believed it was a very important event of the revolution. Many people are believed to say he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. -
Execution of Robespierre
He was executed and most of the power he had was gone. He left many people behind that he led and many people liked him. His death was a big deal for the french revolution. -
Reign of Terror
The Reign of terror occurred after the death of Louis XVI in 1793. It was also an extremely violent period during the french revolution. During this time, there were over 16,000 people that were executed. -
Napoleonic Control
The Napoleonic wars were fought by the french emperor, and Napoleon Bonaparte. They were a bunch of wars and they ended up being extended to all the corners of the European Continent. This seemed to cause a lot of problems because it spread -
March on Versailles
A market women ended up leading a march on Versailles to protest about the extremely high prices of bread during this time. It was mainly a crowd of women who was demanding for bread for their families. They even showed ups soaking while it was raining outside.
