Name Date
As you read pages 152-162, complete the following chart on the French Revolution. You may wish to research some topics if you feel you need more information to identify importance or significance.
DATE: EVENT Significance/Importance
August , 1788 Nobility forces King
Louis XVI to call the
Estates- General into session
The king was in trouble. The nobility was not happy with his attempt to tax their estate.
Nobility wanted to pass the one again on the Third Estate
May, 1789 Estate-General meets in
Paris
King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on Third Estate. Had not met in 175yrs!
June, 1789
June 20, 1789
3 rd Estate refused to abide by the kings one vote for each estate order
Tennis Court Oath
3 rd Estate proclaimed themselves as a legislature, called the National Assembly, and stated ….
3 rd Estate met in an indoor tennis court and
…….
July 14, 1789 The Storming of the
Bastille
July 17, 1789 Great Fear Begins
August 26, 1789 Declaration of the
Rights of Man

October, 1789
1791
Spring 1792
August , 1792
September 22, 1792
January 1793
Summer 1793
Fall 1793
July 28, 1794
1799
Women march to
Versailles for Bread
New Constitution adopted
French Monarchy is abolished
Execution of King Louis
XVI
Revolutionary Gov’t voted to abolish the monarchy and establish the First Republic.
Royal family is imprisoned
Committee of Public
Safety took control of the government
National Convention pursues a policy of de-
Christianization
Robespierre is guillotined
Coup d’etat