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French Revolution

French Revolution. 1788: Financial Crisis. May 5, 1789: The meeting of the Estates General. June 20, 1789: Tennis Court Oath (Creation of National Assembly). July 14, 1789: The Storming of the Bastille. July/August 1789: The Great Fear.

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French Revolution

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  1. French Revolution

  2. 1788: Financial Crisis

  3. May 5, 1789:The meeting of the Estates General

  4. June 20, 1789: Tennis Court Oath (Creation of National Assembly)

  5. July 14, 1789: The Storming of the Bastille

  6. July/August 1789: The Great Fear

  7. Aug. 4, 1789: Nobles give up privileges, end of feudal old regime

  8. Aug. 27, 1789: Declaration of the Rights of Man

  9. October 4, 1789: Women’s March to Versailles

  10. Nov. 1789, July 1790: Church Reforms- Confiscation of Church Lands Resolves Financial Crisis

  11. June 20, 1791: The Flight to Varennes (Louis XIV & family attempt to leave France)

  12. April 1792: Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria and Prussia

  13. August 10, 1792: 2nd time mobs storm Tuileries Palace, imprison King & family (end of monarchy)

  14. September Massacres (1792) • Sept 2:Danton speaks out against those who oppose revolution • Rallying cry in streets: “Let the blood of traitors flow…” • By Sept. 7, 1000 dead

  15. January 23, 1793 The Execution of Louis XVI by guillotine

  16. 1793-1795 Reign of Terror (thousands of suspected anti-revolutionaries executed) • "Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible.“ "Softness to traitors will destroy us all." • - Maximilien Robespierre

  17. 1795-1799 The Directory (weak and ineffective committee gov’t)

  18. 1799- Coup d’etat by Napoleon Bonaparte • The people are tired of chaos, want stability • Bonaparte is a war hero

  19. Effects of Revolution • Immediate Effects • End of ancien regime • Execution of Monarchs • War with First Coalition • Reign of Terror • Rise of Napoleon • Long term effects • Conservative reaction • Decline of French power • Spread of Enlightenment ideas • Growth of Nationalism • Rise of International Organizations • Revolutions in Latin America

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