French Revolution
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- The political and financial in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General. ... The opening of the Estates General, on 5 May 1789 in Versailles, also marked the start of the French Revolution.May 5, 1789
- Let me go get the estates general and try to work this all out
- Finances are running low and we want justice!
- When being locked out of their usual meeting room the people went to a near by tennis court were they took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France.June 20, 1789
- Since this is the only place we could meet we might as well sign an oath and swear to stick together till this whole thing is resolved.
- The commoners stormed the Bastille July 14, 1789
- We want fair rights and to be treated equal,so we are going to storm in here
- On 26 August 1789, the French National Constituent Assembly issued the Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen (Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen) which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution.August 26, 1789
- We just signed the Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen
- Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles.October 5, 1789
- We want fair prices and more bread!
- The royal family tried to escape during the night to stay out of the revolution .June 20, 1791
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