The French Revolution
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Actualizado: 26 sep 2017
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Created byRene Coindreau
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May 5th, 1879
A meeting is held in Versailles to talk about new taxation laws,
since France was in debt thanks to it's expenses in the American revolution.
King Louis XVI and the Estates-General
attended this meeting.July 14th, 1879: Storming of Bastille
Parisians breach their way into Bastille,
a fortress and prison, and they loot weapons
and ammunition from the royal army.August 27th, 1789:
Declaration of the Rights of Man and
of the Citizen
There is a meeting made in National Assembly
were the representatives of France discuss the
rights of man and the citizen.
French people thought that i
ignorance, forgetfulness and contempt of the rights of
man was the only reason why governments became corrupt.(Around) October 5th 1789: Women's March on Versailles
Around 7,000 angry working women marched to Versailles
from Paris. They breached in the palace searching for Marie
Antoinette, in a plot to kill her, but she remained calm just
like Louis. The women then demanded bread to King Louis XVI,
which he gave to them.June 1791: The Flight to Varennes
The royal family attempts to flee Paris and go to Varennes. They did
not want to deaf with all the problems in France at the time. During
the attempted flight, the King. was recognised by a postmaster, and was
taken back to Paris. he could no longer be trusted.September 30th, 1791: The French
Constitution was made by the
National Assembly.September 21st, 1792
After the imprisonment of Marie Antoinette and
King Louis XVI, the Monarchy was abolished on the 21st of
september, of this day.January 21st, 1793: King louis is Executed
King Louis is finally executed after over a
year of imprisonment.July 1794.
Maximilian Robespierre
is overthrown from power.
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