Prepare a time line of the events of French revolution and conceptual flow chart of chapter 1
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Time Line : The French Revolution
1770's-1780's — Economic decline; French Government in deep debt.
1774- Louis XVI became king of France in 1774, he inherited a treasury which
was empty. There was growing discontent within the society of the Old Regime.
1788-1789 — Bad harvest, high prices, food riots
1789, May 5 — Estates-General convened, demands reforms.
1789, July 14 — National Assembly formed, Bastille stormed on July 14, French
Revolution starts.
1789, August 4 — Night of August 4 ends the rights of the aristocracy.
1789, August 26 — Declaration of the Rights of Man
1791 — A new Constitution came up
1792 — Constitution of 1791 converts absolute monarchy into a constitutional
monarchy with limited powers.
1792 — Austria and Prussia attacked revolutionary France.
1793 — Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are executed.
1793-1794 — The Reign of Terror starts. Austria, Britain, the Netherlands,
Prussia and Spain are at war with France. — Robespierre’s Committee of Public
Safety repels back foreign invaders. Executes many “enemies of the people” in
France itself.
1794 — Robespierre is executed, France is governed by a Directory(a committee
of five men).
1799 — Napoleon Bonaparte becomes the leader.
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