French Revolution Timeline
Samantha Gillespie

National Assembly June 17, 1789.
The third estate created a group not approved by the king. The king found out and barracked the doors forcing the committee to meet elsewhere. http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-national-assembly-of-france.html

Tennis court oath June 19, 1789. The people of the National assembly sat down and wrote the Constitution for France. They pledged to stay sitting until the document was written.

On october 5, 1789 a group of woman marched from paris to the palace armed with home items wanting the king to sign the DRM. They waited there until eventually went in to capture the King and Queen. Marie Antoinette did not say the famous words " then let them eat cake."

June 21 1791
Marie And King louis the 16th tried to flee France and go to Prussia. They were at the border of Prussia and were stopped for their passports to be checked and all they had were the official ones. They were then taken back to France.

June 1791:
France went from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy. The king was forced to sign bill after bill passing laws. He kept signing the laws that eventually changed the government.

Attack on the Bastille July 14, 1789. The prison was stormed to get gun powder. It was stormed by an angry mob. The Bastille was a symbol of a higher monarchy. http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item106472.html

Bread March
Thousands of people walked to the palace because of the taxation. The queen and king were having a party inside with many foods. This is where the famous saying " Let them eat cake" came from. Even though the queen never said that.

King Louis' court hearing

The king was arrested on August 13, 1792. Then was sent to a Temple, an ancient Paris, a place used as a prison. Now a republic no longer an absolute monarchy.

December 11, 1792.
The king is now taken out of the temple and is going to the court to hear his Charges. High treason and crimes aginst the state. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/louis/louisxvilinks.html

King Louis died January 21, 1793. His head was cut off by the guillotine. He arrived in a carriage while the people waited for his arrival shouting things. When he got to the stand where he then started to make a speech but the shouting was so loud you couldn't even hear him.

October 6, 1793 is the date of Marie Antoinettes death date. She, unlike her husband, was taken to her death spot in a prisoners cart. Which gave the people the advantage to yell hurtful things and her to hear them. She doesn't let them get to her she keeps her head high and keeps her queen like posture.

DRM

• Men are born and remain free and equal in rights
• These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
• Law can only prohibit such actions as are hurtful to society