1770 Louis and Marie Antoinette get married, Louis is 15, Marie is 14.
1774 Louis and Marie Antoinette become the King and Queen of France. They are
and 18.
1775, Winter Bad harvest cause the economy to suffer greatly due to hail and rain
1778 France enters the American Revolution, siding with the Americans and there
betraying England, who they were against
1781 Necker produces his compte au Roi
1787, April Calonne is dismissed after the notables oppose his proposed reforms
1787, July The Paris Parlement reject Louis’ edicts
1787, August The Paris Parlement are exiled due to their disagreements with the
1788 Bad harvest cause famine and the bread prices go up by a whole 50%, once
to the hail and storms
1788, June The day of the tiles, a pro-parlement revolt in Grenoble
1788, August France is finally declared bankrupt, Louis agrees to convene the est
general
1789 The tennis court oath is made after the third estate get held back from the i
all estates meeting and they revolt slightly
1789, May The estates-general meets at Versailles
1789, 17th June Louis calls even more troops into Paris and Versailles
1789, 11th July Necker is dismissed, this causes riots in France as they did not wa
be dismissed
1789, 14th July The storming of Bastille takes place, though is wasn’t technically s
they were still happy with the results and it’s a big part in French Revolution histo
1789, 15th July The national guard is formed by to defend property. Lafayette was
commander in this
1789, July The great fear takes places, higher-ups are scared because of the rumo
surrounding it
, 1789-1791
Religion
Catholic Church:
Catholicism was the main church of France, the denomination that was mostly pra
They highly valued the Pope, claiming that he had high authority
Owned about 6% of the Land across France
Permitted to collect the tithe (by the state/King)
CCoC:
-Stands for the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Some effects of this are:
-abolishment of the tithe
-freedom of religion enshrined in Declaration of Rights of Man
-nationalised Church land
-dioceses replaced by the departments
-priests paid by the state
-Law of Residence (Bishops required to reside in diocese)
-election of priests and bishops
-they all had to swear an Oath to the clergy, many refused to do this however
Religious Toleration:
-1789, Protestants were allowed more freedom, they were allowed to carry out the
instead of the forceful catholic ones
-1791, Jews (I believe it was) were also given more freedom, similar to what the P
were ‘gifted’ in 1789
