TIMELINE French revolution

AROA BERNAOLA ARISTEGI

French Revolution timeline

1789 (July)

1789 (aug.27)

1789 (May)

1770s-1780s

People of Paris attacked the Bastille

Assembly issues declaration of the Rights of man

Louis XVI met the Estates General to raise taxes

There was a tax crisis

1789 (June)

1789 (aug. 4th)

1791 (sept.)

1787

Nobles renounced feudal rights

Financial reforms were rejected

The 3rd estate declared itself "assembly of the nation"

Constitucional monarchy with separation of powers and universal male sufrage

French Revolution timeline

1792

1792 (sept. 21st)

1791 (oct.)

1793 (March)

The legislative assembly was formed

Austria and Prussia declared war on France

Convention declared France a republic

Reing of Terror

1792 (aug.)

1791

1793 (jan. 19)

1795 (aug.)

Due to an insurrection , royal family was taken to prison

Olympe de Gourges wrote the declaration of the rights of women and female citizens

The king was executed by guillotine

A new constitution was adopted

French Revolution timeline

1795 (oct.)

1815

1799-1804

Napoleon Bonaparte, saved the directory from a royalist mob.

1797

Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and reported to the island Saint Helena

Consulate

2nd coalition

1799 (nov.)

1804-1814

1821

1796-1799

Napoleon's coup d'etat abolished the Directory.

Npoleon died

Napoleon conquered most of Italy

Empire

Olympe de Gourges was a french playwright and political activist known for writings women's rights and abolitionism

King Loius XVI was forced to meet the Estates General ( an assembly with representative of all estates) in order to raise taxes.

Reign of terror

The Reign of Terror was a period of the French Revolution, it was a series of massacres and numerous public executions, around 50.000 people were executed by guillotine

In june of 1789, the 3rd estate declared itself the assembly of the nation, because they didn't accept the voting system and they considered that they were the only legitimate representatives of the french people.

There was a tax crisis caused by overspending money, due to a dangerous increase in taxes because of the bad state of the French economy. As they were privilleged, estate 1 and 2, did not have to pay taxes, on the other hand, the 3rd estate had to paid all the taxes.

The 2nd coalition

Second Coalition was the military effort carried out for the second time by some European powers to stop the French Revolution.

The countries that participed were: Austria, Russia, Turkey and Great Britain

The Empire

During the empire Napoleon declared himself the emperor of the French and concentrated authority in his own person

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several revolutionary wars.

The consulate

It was a period that, three consuls shared power but Napoleon gave himself more and more power.