French Revolution Timeline by YANET CAMPOS CRISOSTOMO https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q en-us 2022-12-14 17:27:32 UTC 2025-12-24 03:14:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Assembly of Notables (February 1787) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423493173 Description: A meeting that consisted of the most powerful noblemen in France convened by Louis XIV to consult on matters of the state including the fix to the disastrous conditions of French finances.
Significance: It was the first time in history of French absolutism, a king was required to formally negotiate with his subjects to starve off bankruptcy. 
]]> 2022-12-17 03:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423493173 Creation of National Assembly (June 1789) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423529038 Description: Formed by the Third Estate who sought proportional representation in the assembly of Louis XVI. Its members made the groundbreaking decision to form a National Assembly, inviting the other estates to join.
Significance: The first revolutionary government of the French Revolution. ]]> 2022-12-17 05:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423529038 Storming the Bastille (July 1789) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423531253 Description: The violent attack on the government by the people of France to protest against the abuse of power of Louis XVI. 
Significance: Signaled the start of the French Revolution. 
]]> 2022-12-17 06:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423531253 Great Fear (July 1789) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423532243 Description: A wave of riots and violence triggered by political unrest and panic.
Significance: The first instance of mass Third Estate solidarity. ]]> 2022-12-17 06:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423532243 Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen (December 1789) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423532683 Description: A fundamental document that granted civil rights to the people, however it excluded a significant segment of the French population. 
Significance: One of the most significant declarations of human rights and one of the most lasting achievements of the French Revolution. 
]]> 2022-12-17 06:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423532683 Civil Constitution of the Clergy (July 1790) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423533522 Description: Sought to reorganize the Catholic Church on a national basis. It effectively made the church a department of the state. 
Significance: It attempted to eliminate corruption and abuses within the Church.
]]> 2022-12-17 06:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423533522 Flight to Varennes (June 1791) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423534374 Description: The royal family’s failed attempt to escape the French Revolution. Disguised to flee Paris, the royal family was identified and detained in the town of Varennes. 
Significance: Exposed the untrustworthiness of the king and the unworkability of the newly implemented constitution.
]]> 2022-12-17 06:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423534374 Constitution of 1791 (December 1791) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423535048 Description: Influenced by Enlightenment ideas and the American Revolution it was intended to define the limits of power in the new government. 
Significance: The revolutionary government’s first attempt at a written constitution document.
]]> 2022-12-17 06:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423535048 Creation of the National Convention (September 1792) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423535573 Description: Elected to provide a new constitution for France after the overthrow of the monarchy. It was the first bicameral legislature. 
Significance: France’s third attempt at a national legislature. 
]]> 2022-12-17 06:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423535573 Execution of Louis XVI (January 1793) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423536109 Description: After voting unanimously to find Louis XVI guilty, the disputes held a separate vote on his punishment. Louis was sentenced to death and beheaded by the guillotine. 
Significance: For the first time in a thousand years, France was not ruled by a monarch. 
]]> 2022-12-17 06:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423536109 Reign of Terror (September 1793) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423536884 Description: A period of the French Revolution following the First Republic, a series of massacres, and numerous public executions. 
Significance: It instituted the conscripted army which saved France from invasion by other countries. 
]]> 2022-12-17 06:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423536884 Thermidorian Reaction (July 1794) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423538151 Description: Liberal-conservative counter-revolution that followed the overthrow of Maximilien Robespierre. 
Significance: It wound back the Reign of Terror and attempted to restore some of political, social, and economic values. 
]]> 2022-12-17 06:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423538151 Constitution of 1795 (August 1795) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423538603 Description: Established a national government under the Directory. It attempted to revive the public but also to limit voting/participation in politics based on gender, class, and property. 
Significance: The convention was finally able to ratify a new constitution, which led the way in a period of governmental restructuring.
]]> 2022-12-17 06:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423538603 Directory Rule (November 1795) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423539496 Description: The governing of France ruled by a five-man executive committee. It failed to reform the disastrous economy, relied heavily on the army, and represented another turn towards dictatorship during the French Revolution. 
Significance: The directory stopped the mass executions of the Reign of terror.
]]> 2022-12-17 06:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423539496 Declare War On Austria (April 1792) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423556986 Description: By kicking out the French king Louis XVI and declaring a republic, the other kings of Europe became extremely fearful that a similar revolution could take place in their own nation which led France to declare war on Austria.
Significance: Both countries responded with a coordinated invasion that was eventually turned back to Battle.]]> 2022-12-17 08:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2423556986 March On Versailles (October 1789) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2425077790 Description: In Paris, peasant women marched to protest famine. They complained about the high price and shortage of bread.
Significance: It gave the revolutionaries confidence in the power of the people over the king. ]]> 2022-12-19 18:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2425077790 Law of Suspects (September 1793) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2425100354 Description: Eliminated individual freedoms and contributed to the fear and paranoia that became the Reign of Terror.
Significance: There were approximately 500,000 people arrested, 50,000 casualties, of which 16,594 were executed.]]> 2022-12-19 18:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2425100354 Day of Daggers (February 1791) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2425120377 Description: Armed aristocrats arrived at the Tuileries Palace to ensure the safety of their king from a mob of revolutionaries who feared the king would try to escape from France. 
Significance: Led France to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic. 
]]> 2022-12-19 19:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2425120377 Imprisoned In the Tower (August 1792) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2425153241 Description: King Louis, Mary-Antoinette, and their children were imprisoned under the National Guard for crimes against the people. 
Signifiance: The national convention places Louis under trial. 
]]> 2022-12-19 19:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2425153241 King Found Guilty (January 1793) campoyan000 https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2425159687 Description: After weeks of testimony and argument, the Convention’s deputies voted in favor of Louis’ guilt.
Significance: The trial of Louis XVI would cause a sensation across France and around the world.]]> 2022-12-19 19:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/campoyan000/i4rilmrjpdio160q/wish/2425159687