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Assembly of representativesthat joined in the Estates Generals during the French Rovolution. They wrote several important documents and accepted various rights to the people. For exxaple: the Tennis Court Oath or the Declaration of Rights of the Man and of the Citizen. Another very imporant writing was the Constitution of 1791. Their main objective was to create a new governmentthat met the expectations of the Revolution.
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The country was suffering a huge debt, so the King, Loius XVI, called the Estates Generals to discuss with the clergy, nobility and the commoners what should be done to fix the mess. In the end, the commoners refused to pay more taxes and started the French Revolution. The whole problem was initially caused by the kings, since they made heavy parties that cost a lot of money, which most came became the country's expenses. -
The nobility, the clergy and the Third State, were reunited to vote, due to the debt. But the Third State knew they were going to lose, since their taxes were only going to increase, this because the clergy and the nobility only cared about their own benefit. So, the Third State locked themselves in the Palace of Versailles. They thought the king wanted them to stop, so they moved to a closeby indoor's tennis court, there they took an oath never to separate until a constitution was written. -
The King wanted to arrest the newly National Assembly, but the people denied this and refused to let him be. So, they besieged the Bastille, taking full control of it. The Bastille was used a State Prison, but to the moment given, there were only 7 prisoners. Also, many Aristocrat prisoner's went there beacause they could buy priviledges, making their emprisonment more bearable. -
The National Constituent Assembly formaly abolished feudalism and the rights of nobility and clergy, like the tax exemption and the tithe, were abolished. 19 articles were passed by the National Constituent, and even if they weren't perfect, it meant a great achievement for the Revolution. All this decrees were to passed to achieve a more fair equality for the people, so that there weren't privileged people by birth. -
The 26th of August of 1789, the Declaration of Rights was accepted and became a fundamental document for the Revolution. This document states that all men are free and have equal rights, and that social distinctions were only found based on the general good. The point of this document is stating that nobles and clergy shouldn't have any special rights or privileges only because of a great-grandfather or an useless title. -
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This was the attempt of a failed escape from the capital, by the kings after the effects of a revolution. The king, Louis XVI, accepted to flee with the Royal Family. They were caught near Varannes, which is why the name was given. They were caught some kilometers before their goal, and this arrest meant a lot for the revolution. The idea of a republic didn't sound so crazy now that the monarchs were took down. -
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France was in trouble, and certain nations were taking advantage of this. This is why, France declared war to Austria. Some saaid reaons were that Francois I did not stop contributing for the rebel Frenchmen. There was a propositon for Austria to lower the military defenses on its border, which he ignored and even took action with several European nations against France. So the Legislative Assembly declared this war, saying that its to show wrong doings of an unjust king. -
The Legislative Assembly was overflowed with everything going on. They didnt know what to do with the king or the ongoing war. Because of this, they were threatened by Parisians. And since they still didn't act, the Tuileries Palace was struck, where the king was being held prisoner. His guards were completely loyal, so they stood up against anyone that opposed the king. This meant that they stayed until they had all fallen dead. -
After getting captured, by public vote, it was decided that the king, Louis XVI was guilty and should be put to sleep forever. He was given the name of Citizen Capet, which was a representation to how his whole status fell after the monarchy was abolished. He was guillotined without being given a chance to prove his worth. Some months later, in the same place, his wife, Marie Antoinette, suffered the same ending as him. -
Robespierre was the one in charge since the ending of 1793, and since then, he had ignored all the deathch caused by the suspition of suspects being part of the counter-revolution. More than 25 thousand people died and yet he acted saying that internal enemies were a threat. Because of this and a lot of fear, he was declared an outlaw and captured the 27 of July, and then got guillotined with 21 of his men just the day after his capture. -
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