Guillotine
1789 Aug. Date Event/ Significance National Assembly adopts Declaration of the Rights of Man Guaranteed these rights: Liberty Property Equal justice Freedom of speech and religion 1789 Aug.
1790 Date Event/ Significance National Assembly reforms status of church Peasants opposed reforms because: Many were conservative Catholics who were offended by attempts to make the church a part of the state. 1790
1791 (Sept) Date Event/ Significance National Assembly hands power to Legislative Assembly Political factions from within: Radicals (LEFT WING) Want huge change Moderates (CENTER) Want some change Conservatives (RIGHT WING) Want few changes
1792 (April) Date Event/ Significance WAR Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria European monarchs fear France because: They feared revolution might spread beyond France and affect their countries 1792 (April) WAR
1792 (aug) Date Event/ Significance Parisians invade Tuileries and imprison royal family
Louis XVI in jail
1792 (sept.) Date Event/ Significance Parisian mobs massacre more than 1,000 prisoners Effects on government: No more limited monarchy idea Louis XVI deposed (removed from throne) Call for a new legislature to replace itself
Date Event/ Significance 1793 (jan.) Ex-king Louis XVI is executed.
Louis XVI
1793 (july) Date Event/ Significance Robespierre leads Committee of Public Safety; Reign of Terror begins Intentions of Robespierre: To build a republic of virtue “ To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is barbarity. ” — Maximilien Robespierre, 1794
Date Event/ Significance 1793 (October) Marie Antoinette is executed.
1794 (July) Date Event/ Significance Robespierre executed; Reign of Terror ends Consequences of Reign of Terror: People grew weary of the Terror Movement from radical (left) to conservative (right)
Execution of Robespierre
1795 Date Event/ Significance National Convention adopts new constitution