https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline en-us 2022-07-25 05:52:50 UTC 2022-08-03 16:58:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2250941898 On the death of his grandfather Louis XV, Louis Auguste (Louis XVI) succeeded to take the French throne on May 10, 1774. Only 20 years old at the time, Louis XVI was immature and lacked self-confidence. Even though Louis XVI wanted to be a good king and help his subjects, he faced enormous debt and rising resentment towards a despotic monarchy.]]> 2022-07-28 03:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2250941898 https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2250942838 2022-07-28 03:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2250942838 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252274543 2022-07-31 11:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252274543 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252303897 Later, in 1789, the National Assembly in France used the American Declaration of Independence as a model when drafting the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.]]> 2022-07-31 13:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252303897 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252306314 2022-07-31 13:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252306314 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252306500 2022-07-31 13:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252306500 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252306946 2022-07-31 13:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252306946 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252307229 2022-07-31 13:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252307229 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252307712 2022-07-31 13:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252307712 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252307918 2022-07-31 13:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252307918 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252308146 2022-07-31 13:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252308146 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252331955 France realized that the United States could be victorious. The king directed Vergennes to negotiate an alliance with the Americans. On February 6, France formally recognized the United States, with the signing of the Treaty of Alliance. Hostilities soon followed after Britain declared war on France on March 17, 1778.]]> 2022-07-31 15:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252331955 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252333755 After two years of delay, Great Britain and the future United States of America signed the Treaty of Versailles, which also involved France, Spain, and the Netherlands. It also officially ended the War of American Independence.]]> 2022-07-31 15:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252333755 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252335227 The Eden Treaty was a treaty signed between Great Britain and France, named after the British negotiator William Eden (1st Baron Auckland, 1744–1814). It effectively shortly ended the economic war between France and Great Britain and set up a system to reduce tariffs on goods from either country.]]> 2022-07-31 15:54:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252335227 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252339783 The Assembly of Notables was convened by Louis XVI to come up with a solution for the many financial problems that France was facing. Charles de Calonne proposed imposing a heavy tax on the French nobility, but the Assembly of Notables rejected that plan.]]> 2022-07-31 16:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252339783 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252340833 The Paris parlement came into conflict with the monarchy when they refused to register Brienne's order implementing a new land tax. The king responded by sending the Paris parlement into exile at Troyes, hoping to force their compliance, however, this triggered significant public agitation and some violence.]]> 2022-07-31 16:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252340833 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252341847 The National Constituent Assembly adopted 18 decrees or articles, The August Decrees, concerning the abolition of feudalism, other privileges of the nobility, and seigneurial rights.]]> 2022-07-31 16:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252341847 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252342981 The Day of the Tiles was an event that took place in the French town of Grenoble. It was one of the first disturbances which preceded the French Revolution.]]> 2022-07-31 16:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252342981 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252344278 Louis XVI convoked the Estates-General for May 1789. The King agreed to retain many of the divisive customs which had been the norm in 1614 but were intolerable to the Third Estate. The most controversial and significant decision remained the nature of voting.]]> 2022-07-31 16:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252344278 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252345429 A second convocation of the Assembly of Notables was ordered by the king. This time, the king sought the Notables’ advice on political procedure rather than taxation.

]]> 2022-07-31 16:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252345429 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252555841 Louis XVI called an assembly of Estates General to pass proposals for new taxes on 5th May 1789. The opening of the Estates General in Versailles also marked the start of the French Revolution. The Estates General was brought to an end when the Third Estate was formed and created in the National Assembly.]]> 2022-08-01 04:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252555841 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252557326 2022-08-01 04:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252557326 cherillynnilysha https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252561033 The tennis court oath said, “We swear never to separate ourselves from the National Assembly, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require until the constitution of the realm is drawn up and fixed upon solid foundations.”

]]> 2022-08-01 04:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252561033 https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252590464 On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed.]]> 2022-08-01 05:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252590464 https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252597730 Beginning of the 'Great Fear', the peasants revolted against feudalism and municipal revolts.]]> 2022-08-01 05:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252597730 https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252600738 While riots were raging, Louis XVI approved the text on October 5, 1789. The basic principle of the declaration was that every human being has the right to life, liberty and the security of his person.]]> 2022-08-01 05:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252600738 https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252603947 Driven to desperation by food shortages, a crowd of several thousand Parisians, many of them women, marched on Versailles to pressure the royal government, hoping the king would intervene – but some had more sinister ambitions. ]]> 2022-08-01 05:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252603947 https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252610526 The day after the Fall of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, La Fayette was pronounced commander of the National Guard, not with the king’s approval. Because of this appointment, he was now in charge of maintaining order in Paris. ]]> 2022-08-01 05:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252610526 https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252616228 2022-08-01 06:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cherillynnilysha/thefrenchrevolutiontimeline/wish/2252616228