timeline (aug 1789-sept 1792)

treasury payments suspended » brienne declared that france was bankrupt

(16 aug 1789)

animosity towards marie n louis esp » blamed in large part for this state

estates-general convened to fix financial sitch

(5 may 1789)

3rd estate broke away n formed national assembly

(17 june 1789)

caused by disagreements over voting system

tennis court oath

(20 june 1789)

national assembly » national constituent assembly

(9 july 1789)

for the ppl

storming of the bastille

(14 july 1789)

beginning of the french revolution

declaration of the rights of men

(26 august 1789)

flight to varennes

(20-21st june 1791)

triggered people, king became unredeemable, solidified unreliability

declaration of pillnitz

(27th august 1791)

austria imposed stance = supported king, opposed revolutionaries, made war more inevitable

french constitution adopted (3 sept 1791)

louis xvi formally agrees to constitution of 1791

(14 sept 1791)

no turning back, was adopted b4 he even agreed = does he hold power or respect anymore?

declaration of the rights of woman published by olympe de gouges

(15 sept 1791)

pointed out lack of equality for women in the Constitution = counterrevolutionary?

new legislative assembly

(1st october 1791)

replaces national constituent assembly, established decrees, foreign nations realised seriousness of revolution

france declares war on austria

(20 april 1792)

brunswick manifesto

(july 1792)

threatened that if the french royal family were harmed, then French civilians would be harmed, was meant to intimidate paris, rather helped further spur the increasingly radical french rev and finally led to the war between Revolutionary France and counter-revolutionary monarchies.

louis xvi overthrown following tuileries massacre - 9 aug 1792

(10 august 1792)

effectively ended monarchy

The Legislative Assembly voted to abolish the monarchy

(21 sept 1792)

monarchy officially finished