Question

Place the events leading up to the French revolution in order

1. The Declaration known as the tennis court oath is sworn

2. King Louis XVL is captured and then executed

3. The king asks that the estates general convene

4. The national assembly passes the. Declaration of rights of man and the citizen in 1789

5. The third estate forms the National Assembly

6. The kings financial experts come up with ideas to relieve national debt

7. The hated royal political present the bastille is captured

Answer 1

first event: The king's financial experts come up with ideas to relieve national debt.

second event: The king asks that the Estates General convene - January 24, 1789

third event: The Third Estate forms the National Assembly - June 14, 1789

fourth event: The declaration known as the Tennis Court Oath is sworn - June 20, 1789

fifth event: The National Assembly passes the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen - August 26, 1789

sixth event: The hated royal political prison, the Bastille, is captured - July 14, 1789

final event: King Louis XVI is captured and then executed

Answer 2

Here's the chronological order, with dates:

1. The king's financial experts come up with ideas to relieve national debt.

• That was ongoing in advance of convening the Estates General. Charles de Calonne, appointed general controller of finances in 1783, recommended increasing taxation across the classes. Jacques Necker was appointed to replace Calonne in 1788, and he would recommend a more limited monarchy in France, along the lines of the English model. Necker was dismissed from his position by the king in July, 1789.

2. The king asks that the Estates General convene - January 24, 1789

3. The Third Estate forms the National Assembly - June 14, 1789

4. The declaration known as the Tennis Court Oath is sworn - June 20, 1789

5. The National Assembly passes the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen - August 26, 1789

6. The hated royal political prison, the Bastille, is captured - July 14, 1789

7. King Louis XVI is captured and then executed

• Captured while trying to flee France, June 1791
• Executed, January 21, 1793.