French Revolution Timeline Pdf
Timeline
French Revolution
1774
1786
May 5
1789
June 17
1789
June 20
July 14 August 27
1789
1789
1789
June 1791 September
April
1791
1792
August 10 September
1793
1792
1792
Summer July 1793 July 1794
1793
to July
1794
Louis XIV becomes King
Louis XVI became king and inherited part of the debt from his predecessors.
October
1789
Summer
1792
January
21 1793
1795
Bankers refuse to lend government money Bankers refused to lend the government any
more money which caused Louis to face serious problems. Louis borrowed heavily in order to help American revolutionaries in their war against Great Britain which nearly doubled the government’s debt.
Estate General
National Assembly
Louis put off dealing with cutting expenses
They voted to establish the National and raising taxes until France faced
Assembly while proclaiming the end of the bankruptcy. He tried to tax aristocrats and absolute monarchy and the beginning of the Second Estate stepped in and forced representative government. This vote was him to call a meeting of the Estate-General, the first deliberate act of revolution. an assembly of representatives from all three estates, to get approval for the tax reform. The meeting was the first in 175 years at Versailles.
Tennis Court Otah
Storming Bastille
After three days had passed, the Third
Estate delegates were locked out of their meeting room. They broke down a door to an indoor tennis court, pledging to stay
Rumors flew in Paris that foreign troops were coming to massacre French citizens.
On July 14, a mob tried to get gunpowder from a Paris prison called Bastille. Bastille
until they had drawn up a new constitution.
Their pledge was called the Tennis Court
Oath.
fell into the control of the citizens because the king’s soldiers were overwhelmed by the mob.
Declaration of Rights of Men
Women March on Versailles
The National Assembly adopted a statement About 6,000 Parisian women rioted over of revolutionary ideals known as the the rising price
French Revolution
1774
1786
May 5
1789
June 17
1789
June 20
July 14 August 27
1789
1789
1789
June 1791 September
April
1791
1792
August 10 September
1793
1792
1792
Summer July 1793 July 1794
1793
to July
1794
Louis XIV becomes King
Louis XVI became king and inherited part of the debt from his predecessors.
October
1789
Summer
1792
January
21 1793
1795
Bankers refuse to lend government money Bankers refused to lend the government any
more money which caused Louis to face serious problems. Louis borrowed heavily in order to help American revolutionaries in their war against Great Britain which nearly doubled the government’s debt.
Estate General
National Assembly
Louis put off dealing with cutting expenses
They voted to establish the National and raising taxes until France faced
Assembly while proclaiming the end of the bankruptcy. He tried to tax aristocrats and absolute monarchy and the beginning of the Second Estate stepped in and forced representative government. This vote was him to call a meeting of the Estate-General, the first deliberate act of revolution. an assembly of representatives from all three estates, to get approval for the tax reform. The meeting was the first in 175 years at Versailles.
Tennis Court Otah
Storming Bastille
After three days had passed, the Third
Estate delegates were locked out of their meeting room. They broke down a door to an indoor tennis court, pledging to stay
Rumors flew in Paris that foreign troops were coming to massacre French citizens.
On July 14, a mob tried to get gunpowder from a Paris prison called Bastille. Bastille
until they had drawn up a new constitution.
Their pledge was called the Tennis Court
Oath.
fell into the control of the citizens because the king’s soldiers were overwhelmed by the mob.
Declaration of Rights of Men
Women March on Versailles
The National Assembly adopted a statement About 6,000 Parisian women rioted over of revolutionary ideals known as the the rising price