3. On August 27th, the National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

5. 1. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good.

6. 2. The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.

7. 9. As all persons are held innocent until they shall have been declared guilty, if arrest shall be deemed indispensable, all harshness not essential to the securing of the prisoner's person shall be severely repressed by law.

8. 10. No one shall be disquieted on account of his opinions, including his religious views, provided their manifestation does not disturb the public order established by law.

9. 11. The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.

12. This was one part revenge against the First Estate and its power. After all, it owned 10% of the land in France and was the country’s largest landowner.

13. It was also economically motivated.

14. The country’s finances were in dire straits and taking Church land was a windfall. They could sell it off and also use its value to back the currency.

15. The clergy was also stripped of its special rights and privileges, and were made employees of the state who were chosen by the state. Clerics had to take oaths of loyalty to the state too.

17. The Legislative Assembly split along three lines:

18. Sitting in the right wing of the assembly hall were the conservatives who favored a British-style constitutional monarchy.

19. Sitting in the left wing of the assembly hall were the radicals who wanted to get rid of the monarchy altogether and impose sweeping changes.

23. It seems that Louis was recognized by his picture on money.

25. People divided into political clubs, the most radical and influential of which were the Jacobins.

26. The door was open to them since the Revolution thus far had benefited the wealthier members of the Third Estate, had been mismanaged, and Austria and Prussia nearly put Louis back on the throne.

28. For his part, Louis held himself with a great deal of courage and dignity. His last words were, “I am innocent and shall die without fear. I would that my death might bring happiness to the French, and ward off the dangers which I foresee.”

32. In a way it was, considering the alternative methods that were commonly in use.

33. It also displayed the French obsession of equality in that everyone was executed the same way instead of nobles getting the axe and the poor being hung.

34. Not to mention that it streamlined the execution process into a near production-line style.

37. During it, about 40,000 people are executed throughout France.

38. Occurs when the radicals take over the National Convention and start making radical reforms.

39. Anybody who wasn’t radical enough risked getting radically executed.

40. One 18 year old boy was executed for sawing down a tree that was planted as a symbol of liberty.

42. Robespierre, at first, was known as being very virtuous and incorruptible. But, things change…

44. He began remaking French culture to his liking.

45. All the months were renamed and given 30 days each.

46. The year began on the autumnal equinox.

47. The weeks were ten days long with every tenth day being a holiday.

48. The days were: First Day, Second Day, Third Day, Fourth Day, etc.

51. He’s arrested and executed.

52. People didn’t like Robespierre’sradicalness and de-Christianization.

53. The Terror also did its job and Robespierre was no longer as necessary