PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The storming of the Bastille:
July 14, 1789
First act of defiance towards the monarchy
Declaration of the Rights of Man:
August 26, 1789
The first official document that gives people some of their rights
Women's March of Versailles:
October 5-6, 1789
Shows that everyone, even women, are fighting
September Massacres:
Early September, 1792
People killed everyone in the prisons instead of keeping some people alive
Execution of King Louis XVI:
January 21,1793
Forces people to think of a new form of government
Execution of Marie Antoinette:
October 16,1793
The people are done with the monarchy
Reign of Terror:
July 1793 to July 1794
Robespierre rules like a dictator and kills people who go against him
