French revolution flowchart
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Explanation:
Meeting of the Estates General• An assembly of representatives from all three
estates.
• First one called in 175 years
on May 5, 1789 to approve new taxes.
Tennis Court Oath• On June 17, 1789, they voted to establish the National Assembly, in effect proclaiming the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of a representative government.
• Third Estate broke down the door of an indoor tennis court and pledging to stay until they had drawn up a new constitution.Storming of the Bastille• After rumors about Louis XVI intending on using military force to dismiss the National Assembly The people became afraid.
• People began to collect weapons and finally stormed the prison Bastille to search for gunpowder and weapons.
Great Fear• The peasants spread wild rumors that the nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize them.
• Acting on the rumors, the peasants became outlaws themselves and burned down nobles' homes.March to Versailles• Thousands of women marched on Versailles demanding that the King and Queen return with them to Paris.
• After a while, the King agreed to go with the women back to Paris Paris. The royal family never returned to Versailles.
Constitution of 1791• Constitution of 1791 was the first French Constitution. King Louis XVI reluctantly approved the Constitution.
• The Constitution created a limited monarchy that stripped the King of most of his power and gave it to the elected government.
King Louis XVI tries to escape• Louis tries to escape when some of his advisers warned him that he was in danger. was in danger.
• The King and his family went towards the boarder of
the Austrian Netherlands.
• The Royal Family were caught and returned to Paris under guards.
War with Austria and Prussia• War began badly for the French and the Prussians moved in on Paris.
• Demands were made by the General, stating that he would attack, Paris if anything happened if anything happened to the King or any of the other members of the Royal family.
• This did not change the mind of the people of Paris, it just made them more more fearful and angry.
The arrest of King Louis XVI and his family• King Louis XVI was arrested after he tried to run away. He was held prisoner and tried when the National Convention set aside the constitution.
• Once the Constitution was set aside, the monarchy was abolished and the King was tried for treason and executed.
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