The French Revolution 1788-1794
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Tennis Court Oath-June 20, 1789
An oath taken by the members of the French Estates-General vowing
to reassemble when needed until the constution of France adds more freedoms.
This was one of the major events that sparked the French Revolution.Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen is drafted-August 27, 1789
The documents were drafted and proclaimed independence of South America from
Spain. This would eventually grant South America freedom from Spanish rule.The Storming of the Bastille-July 14, 1789
Crowds of people raided the Bastille and got supplies and freed prisoners.
It was also a symbolic movement against the French monarch and it power.Civil Constitution of the Clergy-July 12 1790
It was a law created that lowered the power of the Catholic Church to appease the public.Flight to Varennes- June 21, 1791
It was an attempt by King Louis XVI of France and his queen
Marie Antoinette to escape France and start a counter-revolution.Massacre of the Champs de Mars-July 17, 1791
Crowds of people rallied against King Louis XVI's decree that kept the government as a constitutional monarchy.
Layafette and other royalist were given commands to quell the crowd and massacred around fifty people.Declaration of Pillnitz-August 27, 1791
It declared that Prussia and the Holy Roman
Empire would team up to stop the French Revolution.Slavery abolished in France, but not in French
colonies in New World-September 27, 1792Revolution of August 10 1792
The storming of the Tuileries Palace caused the fall of the French monarchy.
The Tuileries Palace was were Louis XVI lived and was the home of the
Legislative Assembly. It was another symbolic movement.The Convention abolishes the monarchy and
France declared a Republic-September 21, 1792King Louis XVI is executed-January 21, 1793
King Louis XVI is convicted of conspiracy and his head is cut off by a guillionte.Reign of Terror begins-September 5, 1793
It was a period started by Robesperie where people were arrested and
executed for being suspected of being enemies against the French Revolution.Jean-Paul Marat is murdered-July 13, 1793
A person in the Girondin faction named Charlotte Corday stabbed Marat.Danton is executed-April 5, 1794
Georges Jacques Danton was guillotined by the advocates of revolutionary terror,
because he was accused of showing mercy toward their enemies.Robespierre is executed-July 28, 1794
Robespierre was arrested for being too powerful and executed by the guillonitine.The Royal Treasury is declared to be empty-August 8 1788
Even after the treasury is declared to be empty, the Parliament of Paris
refuses to reform the tax system or loan the Crown more money.The Committee of Public Safety was established - April 6, 1793
The committee was created by the National Convention and was the
de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror.The Great Terror begins-May 20, 1794
Violence has greatly increased with hundreds of people being executed weekly.
This included counter-revolutionaries, anyone who was complaining,
and anyone who refused to convert to Robespierre's new religion.March on Versailles-October 5 1789
Crowds of people, mainly composed of women, took a march because Louis XVI refused to
sign the Declaration of the Rights of Man and complained about the high prices of bread.Call of the Estates General-May 5, 1789
The first, second, and third estate were called by King Louis XVI. An old rule was
reinstated, that each estate would get one vote each. The clergy and the
nobility teamed up and out-voted the commoners, making them pay all of the taxes.Counter-revolution in the Vendee begins-March 11, 1793
People began uprisings because the Catholic Church
lowered in power and decided to quell the French Revolution.The committee of Public Safety begins de-Christianization-May 7, 1794
Robespierre began his own religion called the "Cult of the Supreme Being" to de-Christianize the French people.
Many executions took place to encourage people to convert and to get rid of those who refused.The Invasion of the Palace of Versailles-October 6, 1789
Crowds of people, mostly women, invade the Palace of Versailles and demands that the King and his family
accompanies them back to Paris. King Louis XVI agrees, and the National Assembly decides to relocate to Paris.Day of Daggers-February 28, 1791
The Marquis de Lafayette arrested hundreds of armed aristocrats at the Tuileries in Paris.Opening of the trial of Louis XVI before the Convention-December 10, 1792
This is the beginning of a trial that lasts about a month and Louis XVI
is convicted of conspiracy against public liberty.Marie-Antoinette is executed-October 16, 1793
She is convicted and guillotined on the Place de la Revolution.Fête de la Fédération is held-July 14, 1970
The event celebrates the first anniversary of the Revolution and is attended by the king
and queen, the National Assembly, and the government. Lafayette vows to be loyal
to the nation. The Fête de la Fédération is the last event to unite France during the Revolution.King Louis XVI accepts and signs the new constitution
in front of the National Assembly-September 14, 1791Periodi
The Great Fear-July 17-August 3, 1789
There was mass panic and high social unrest than ever before.
Fearful peasants that heard aristocratic conspiracy
rumors armed themselves and unleashed mayhem.Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3September Massacres-September 2-7, 1792
There was a fear that foreign and royalist armies would attack Paris and radicals
rallied up mobs. In Paris, over a thousand prisoners were executed in response.
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