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- Tennis Court Oath
- We have to stick together until a constitution is established!
- Women's March to Versailles
- We need to steal these weapons to protect ourselves!
- The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
- All men born shall remain free and equal in rights!
- When conflict rose between the National Assembly between the First and Second Estates, Louis XVI ordered the Assembly's meeting place, the Salle des États, to be closed. The Third Estate relocated to an indoor tennis court (hence the name: Tennis Court Oath), vowing not to split up until France had a constitution.
- Women's March to Versailles
- We are sick of our poor living conditions!
- When the King fired Jacques Necker (the general director of finances who supported the National Assembly), the French thought it was a direct attack on them. On July 14, 1789, they They stormed the Bastille castle in order to seize gunpowder and weapons to defend themselves.
- The royal Flight to Varennes
- Let's go quick so no one catches us!
- The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, a charter of human liberties that inspired the French Revolution, was published by the Assembly on August 26, 1789. The Declaration's main message was all “men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
- Execution of King Louis XIV
- Due to poor harvests in France and zero government efforts to help the people, A big crowd of protestors, largely women, began to gather at Parisian markets on October 5, 1789. The women marched from Paris to Versailles. They invaded the palace and demanded that the monarch live among the people, killing many guards.
- King Louis XVI grew concerned about the way the French Revolution was taking and feared for his family's safety. The royal family fled the Tuileries Palace dressed as servants with their servants dressed as nobles on the night of June 20, 1791. The King was recognized the next day, arrested with his family at Varennes, and returned to Paris.
- Because he attempted to depart the country in secret, the people saw King Louis XVI as a traitor. Around 20,000 Parisians besieged the Tuileries, King Louis XVI's official residence, on August 10, 1792. On the 15th of January 1793, King Louis XVI was accused with treason and found guilty. On January 21, he was decapitated after being driven through the streets of Paris to a guillotine.
- Kill him!!
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