The French Revolution 1774-1789 by GABRIELA AUDREY LIM https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline en-us 2022-07-25 05:45:40 UTC 2022-08-04 02:50:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1eb-1f1f7.png 1774 gabrielaal https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250928383 Accession of Louis XVI & death of grandfather. Appoints Turgot as finance minister]]> 2022-07-28 02:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250928383 1776 gabrielaal https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250928613 - July 4 American Declaration of Independence
- Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense]]> 2022-07-28 02:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250928613 1778 gabrielaal https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250929250 - France declares war on Great Britain. The war debt brings the French Monarchy to its knees
- French soldiers join American War of Independence
- Relationship between France and the United States was formalized with the Treaty of Alliance]]> 2022-07-28 02:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250929250 1780 gabrielaal https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250929630 - June 2-9 Gordon Riots, England. An anti-Catholic demonstration led by Lord George Gordon that was followed by several days of rioting
-  Late 1780s, King Louis XVI's suggestion of tax reforms got rejected by the Notables. Instead they recommended the convocation of the Estates-General]]> 2022-07-28 02:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250929630 1783 gabrielaal https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250929852 - Last battle of war occurred when the British and French ships clashed off the coast of India
- Peace signed between Britain and France]]> 2022-07-28 02:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250929852 1788 gabrielaal https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250930043 - 100th year of the ‘Glorious Revolution of 1688’ in England that allowed the people of England to debate public issues
- Severe winter causes famine and starvation in the countryside
]]> 2022-07-28 02:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250930043 1789 gabrielaal https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250932008 May 5 Meeting of Estates General in Paris
June 17 National Assembly
June 20 Oath of the Tennis Court
July 14 Fall of the Bastille
August 4-5 The National Assembly ‘abolishes Feudalism’
August 26 National Assembly adopts Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, inspired by the American Declaration of Independence
September 12 Jean-Paul Marat’s L’Ami du people (The Friend of the People), a radical publication, appears
October 5-6 Women of Paris march to Versailles
October 10 Dr. Guillotin proposes scientific device for execution
]]> 2022-07-28 03:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2250932008 1781 gabrielaal https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2252610084 - Publication by Necker of the compte rendu suggests surplus royal finances]]> 2022-08-01 05:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2252610084 1787 abigailah https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2252612643 -  Begining of 1787, France's fiscal crisis - extravagant spending, insufficient revenue, and mounting debt.
- Aristocratic revolt results in Louis XVI's low political power]]> 2022-08-01 05:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielaal/historytimeline/wish/2252612643