4-4-13 and 4-5-13

[3rdNate D.]

Order of Events

1. Storming the Bastille
   1. see your research
   2. know that France lost there governor secretary of state and the mayor of Paris
2. The Great Fear
   1. The peasants were revolting against  feudalism and a number of urban revolts
   2. many members of the aristocracy flee Paris to become Emigres
3. Emigres
   1. someone that has migrated out of and area voluntarily
4. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
   1. is adopted by the assembly
   2. is a fundamental document off the French revolution in the history of human rights, defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal
5. Legislative Assembly
   1. Emigres are required to return back to Paris with the threat of death if they did not return
   2. king is still scared to return so he removes the idea that they have to come back
   3. this allows for new blood (3rd estate) to become a part of the assembly
6. Women's March on Versailles
   1. also known as The October March, The October Days, or The March on Versailles
   2. was one of the earliest and most significant of the French Revolution
   3. The march began among women in the market place of Paris  on Oct. 5 1789 were near rioting over the high prices and the scarcity of bread
   4. The market women and there various allies grew into a mob of thousands and, encouraged by revolutionary agitators, they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the Palace of Versailles
   5. The next day the crowd compelled the king to return to Paris
   6. These events ended the interdependent authority of the King
7. National Convention
   1. Compromised the constitutional and legislative assembly of France and sat from September 20 1792 to October 26 1795
   2. It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic
   3. The Republic ended in 1804 when Napoleon Changed it to the First French Empire
8. December 3 1792
   1. Louis XVI is brought in front of the courts for trial
   2. Robespierre, a leader in the French Revolution utters the famous phrase "Louis must die so that the country can live"
9. January 21, 1793
   1. Citizen Louis Capet guillotined, formerly known as King Louis XVI
10. June 24, 1793
    1. Ratification of new constitution by National Convention, but not yet proclaimed. Slavery is abolished in France until 1802
    2. 1802 is aroud the rise of power for Napoleon and he thinks is a good deal for France
11. Reign of Terror
    1. September 5 1793 - July 28 1794
    2. was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution
    3. Mass executions of enimies ( enimies of the Revolution)
    4. The death toll was in the range of the ten thousands
    5. With 16,594 by guillotine
12. Summary Executions
    1. Execution were once you are accused you would be dead within a couple hours, no trial or hearing
13. October 15 1793
    1. Queen Marie is impeached and convicted for treachery against the country and for incest with her child
    2. the next day she gets the guillotine