French Revolution Timeline Essay
Chris Savino
Period 3
4/10/08
Timeline: The French Revolution
o 1789: Many people faced starvation. This is because of the increase of taxes. o 1789: May 5, the meeting of the Estates General was called at Versailles. This was to approve the new tax. This was the 1st meeting in 175 years. o 1789: There was a dramatic speech, which was the person, Sieye’s suggested that the 3rd estate delegates should call themselves the National Assembly; to pass laws and reforms in the name of the French people. o 1789: June 17th, they voted to establish the National Assembly, in effect proclaiming the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of the representative government. This was the 1st deliberate act of the French Revolution. o 1789: June …show more content…
20th, the delegates of the National Assembly found themselves locked out of their meeting room. They then, broke down the door of the local tennis court and pledged to stay there until they had made a new constitution. This became known as the Tennis Court Oath. o 1789: July 14th, Rumors flew.
IN response to these rumors, People began gathering weapons in order to defend the city against the attack. A mob in search of gunpowder, stormed the Bastille, a Paris prison. They seized control of this building. They killed the prison commander and guards. They took their heads and put them on pikes, as they paraded around the public city streets. o 1789: August 4, noblemen made speeches, declaring their love of liberty and equality. Motivated more by fear than idealism, they joined the other members of the National Assembly in sweeping away the privileges of the 1st and 2nd estate, thus, making commoners equal to the nobles and the clergy. By morning, the old regime was …show more content…
dead.
o 1789: October, the Great Fear rolled around the streets. This was a rumor that the nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize the peasants. The peasants soon became outlaws themselves. Armed with pitchforks and other farm tools, they broke into the nobles’ houses and destroyed the old legal papers and bound them to pay feudal dues. In some cases, the peasants simply burned down the manor houses.
o 1789: October, A few days later, thousands of Parisian women rioted over the outstanding prices of bread. Brandishing knives, axes, and other weapons, the women marched on Versailles. First, they demanded that the National Assembly take action to provide bread. Then they turned their anger on the king and queen. They broke into the palace, killing some of the guards. The women demanded that Kind Louis and Marie Antoinette return to Paris. After some time, Louis agreed. A few hours later, his family, and servants left Versailles, never again to see the magnificent palace. Their exit signaled the change of power and radical reforms about to overtake France.
o 1791: For two years, the National Assembly argued over a new constitution for France.
But, by 1791, they made a lot of significant changes in France’s government and society.
o 1791: They made a new constitution which Louis approved. This constitution limited the constitutional monarchy. This created a new legislative body- the Legislative Assembly.
o 1791: June; the royal family tries to escape from France to the Austrian Netherlands. As they reached the border, they were apprehended and returned to Paris under guard. Louis’ attempted escape increased the influence of his radical enemies in the government, and sealed his fate.
o 1792: Austria and Prussia, urged the French to restore Louis to his position as absolute monarch. The Legislative Body responded and declared war!
o 1792: The Prussian commander threatened to destroy Paris if the revolutionaries harmed any member of the royal family. This enraged the
Parisians.
o 1792: August 10th; about 20,000 men and women invaded the Tuilerres, the palace where the royal family was staying. The mob massacred the royal guards and imprisoned Louis, Marie and their children.
o 1792: September 21st; the new government body, the National Convention, took office. It quickly established the monarchy and declared France a republic.
Period 3
4/10/08
Timeline: The French Revolution
o 1789: Many people faced starvation. This is because of the increase of taxes. o 1789: May 5, the meeting of the Estates General was called at Versailles. This was to approve the new tax. This was the 1st meeting in 175 years. o 1789: There was a dramatic speech, which was the person, Sieye’s suggested that the 3rd estate delegates should call themselves the National Assembly; to pass laws and reforms in the name of the French people. o 1789: June 17th, they voted to establish the National Assembly, in effect proclaiming the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of the representative government. This was the 1st deliberate act of the French Revolution. o 1789: June …show more content…
20th, the delegates of the National Assembly found themselves locked out of their meeting room. They then, broke down the door of the local tennis court and pledged to stay there until they had made a new constitution. This became known as the Tennis Court Oath. o 1789: July 14th, Rumors flew.
IN response to these rumors, People began gathering weapons in order to defend the city against the attack. A mob in search of gunpowder, stormed the Bastille, a Paris prison. They seized control of this building. They killed the prison commander and guards. They took their heads and put them on pikes, as they paraded around the public city streets. o 1789: August 4, noblemen made speeches, declaring their love of liberty and equality. Motivated more by fear than idealism, they joined the other members of the National Assembly in sweeping away the privileges of the 1st and 2nd estate, thus, making commoners equal to the nobles and the clergy. By morning, the old regime was …show more content…
dead.
o 1789: October, the Great Fear rolled around the streets. This was a rumor that the nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize the peasants. The peasants soon became outlaws themselves. Armed with pitchforks and other farm tools, they broke into the nobles’ houses and destroyed the old legal papers and bound them to pay feudal dues. In some cases, the peasants simply burned down the manor houses.
o 1789: October, A few days later, thousands of Parisian women rioted over the outstanding prices of bread. Brandishing knives, axes, and other weapons, the women marched on Versailles. First, they demanded that the National Assembly take action to provide bread. Then they turned their anger on the king and queen. They broke into the palace, killing some of the guards. The women demanded that Kind Louis and Marie Antoinette return to Paris. After some time, Louis agreed. A few hours later, his family, and servants left Versailles, never again to see the magnificent palace. Their exit signaled the change of power and radical reforms about to overtake France.
o 1791: For two years, the National Assembly argued over a new constitution for France.
But, by 1791, they made a lot of significant changes in France’s government and society.
o 1791: They made a new constitution which Louis approved. This constitution limited the constitutional monarchy. This created a new legislative body- the Legislative Assembly.
o 1791: June; the royal family tries to escape from France to the Austrian Netherlands. As they reached the border, they were apprehended and returned to Paris under guard. Louis’ attempted escape increased the influence of his radical enemies in the government, and sealed his fate.
o 1792: Austria and Prussia, urged the French to restore Louis to his position as absolute monarch. The Legislative Body responded and declared war!
o 1792: The Prussian commander threatened to destroy Paris if the revolutionaries harmed any member of the royal family. This enraged the
Parisians.
o 1792: August 10th; about 20,000 men and women invaded the Tuilerres, the palace where the royal family was staying. The mob massacred the royal guards and imprisoned Louis, Marie and their children.
o 1792: September 21st; the new government body, the National Convention, took office. It quickly established the monarchy and declared France a republic.