french revolution

• French Revolution

  1789-99
• Revolution


  A big change on political,social,economic + cultural structure in a country
• Absolute monarch


  A monarch that can rule without needing parliament
• Key events of the French Revolution

  1. May 1789 - Meeting of the Estates-General to resolve financial crisis

  2. June 1789 - Tennis Court Oath, commoners take power

  3. July 1789 - Storming of the Bastille, bread riots

  4. August 1789 - Declaration of the Rights of Man

  5. 1793 - Execution of King Louis XVI

  6. 1793-94 - Reign of Terror under Robespierre

  7. 1795-1799 - France ruled by the Directory

  8. 1799 - Napoleon seizes power, creates a new government and conquers Europe
• Heroes of Health


  • James Simpson - Created anaesthetic, still used today
  • used for many operations. he improved surgery survival rate
• Heroes of health?


  Louis pasteur - germ theory

  • long-term impact, led to discovery of diseases such as cholera and helped other scientists with there work
  • may not still be used today but other things that used germ theory still used today

  hes still remembers today for pasteurisation and bacteriology