FRENCH REVOLUTION

#1 The storming of the Bastille

• July 14 1789
• First major violent action of French Revolution

#2 DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MEN

• August 27 1789
• Threatened the church
• It touched every corner of french society

#3 THE WOMEN'S MARCH ON VERSAILLES

• October 1789
• The women of France march to the palace and take it over
• Sending a message that women were a huge part in the revolution

#4 SEPTEMBER MASSACRES

• 1792
• Claimed thousands of lives in paris prison
• Took place in 4 cities
• The people of France were looking for weapons

#5 EXECUTION OF KING LOUIS

• January 21 1793
• It was the turning point of the revolution
• The king is dead
• Some of the people feel satisfied with the death of the king
• No more monarchy

#6 EXECUTION OF MARIE ANTOINETTE

• King louis wife followed him to the guillotine
• There is no more absolute monarchy

#7 REIGN OF TERROR

• Year's of brutal killings
• This is where the French Revolution gets viloent
• Thousands of people die
• New ways of killing

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