1. Guillotine

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 1792 (aug) Date Event/ Significance
Parisians invade Tuileries and imprison royal family

7. Louis XVI in jail

8. 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

9. Date
Event/
Significance
1793 (jan.)
Ex-king Louis XVI is executed.

10. Louis XVI

11. 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

12. Date
Event/
Significance
1793 (October)
Marie Antoinette is executed.

13. 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)

14. Execution of Robespierre

15. 1795 Date Event/ Significance
National Convention adopts new constitution