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The Start
The Estates-General meet at Versailles and immediately divide over whether to count by head or to give one another estate equal votes. -
National Assembly
The fight over the votes in the Estates-General leads to the Third Estate to declare them as the National Assembly -
Tennis Court Oath
Royal officials didn't let the National Assembly into their meeting hall and locked them out. So the members of the National Assembly went to the king's tennis court created what became the Tennis Court Oath, promising that they wouldn't leave unit they gave France a new constitution -
King Louis XVI
King Louis XVI persuades the other two estates (the first and second) to join the assembly, which takes the official title of the National Constituent Assembly. The king starts to gather troops because he wants to get rid of the body. -
The Great Fear
The Great Fear started in July of 1789 because Parisians were alarmed about the possible overthrow of the Third Estate. A large crowd conquer the Bastille prison, created a symbol of royal tyranny -
Declaration of the Rights of Man of the Citizen
The National Constitution Assembly makes the Declaration of the Rights of Man of the Citizen. The king denies to authorize it, causing the Parisians to march into Versailles, forcing the royal family to go back to Paris. -
War
France declares war on Austria and for the next seven years, this is known as the French Revolutionary wars. These wars continue between France and other European powers -
A Republic
A new assembly called the National Convention, meets and stops the monarchy and creates a republic -
The Reign of Terror
During the Reign of Terror, which was a period when the government approved harsh measures against who they considered enemies, Marie-Antoinette was executed by the guillotine. The Reign of Terror was organized by Maximilien Robespierre. -
The End of The Reign of Terror
Robespierre gets overthrown by the National Convention. He gets executed the next day which ends the Reign of Terror. After that the National Convention is disbanded. This causes the government to make a five person Directory -
The End + Napoleon?
Napoleon Bonaparte, a military leader, overthrows the Directory and declares that he is the leader of France and is later named emperor