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Here tells the stories of Little Timmy as he 

travels through time in the 18th /19th century 

due to his time-traveling outhouse in order to 

live out the doings of the French Revolution

The Meeting of the Estates-General: 

One cloudy day in 1789, Little Timmy appears in a large room with many 

men. He recognizes these men to be a varying amount of the clergy, the 

nobles and the common people. The men he characterized as the clergy 

were those who had crosses around their neck symbolizing their religion, 

the ones who carried swords and shields were identified as the nobles, 

since they were the only of the estates allowed to carry weapons, and 

98% of the room was full of the common people. These common people 

looked worse dressed, & less wealthy. They were all gathered around 

Louis XVI, the king at the time. As he listened into the conversations of 

these grown men, he realized they were discussing the policy of taxes 

among the nation. At this point the 2% of the men who appeared 

wealthier, the 1st and 2nd estates, were joining together to force the 3rd 

estate to pay these extra taxes.. If only he knew what happened next as 

he felt his time wither down, and he awoke in his outhouse floor.

The Tennis Court Oath:

The day was June 20, 1789, it was not much longer after the meeting of 

the estates general that Timmy found himself back in a large room full 

of men. But this time, the room was different. It was not a public place 

he had ever seen the king in, it was what he suspected was an indoor 

tennis court of the time. He looked around and realized, just as he 

suspected, the King was nowhere in sight. 

“Bang, bang!” A loud noise came from the center of the room. 

“Her ye, her ye. The meeting of the National Assembly is hereby 

commenced.”   The man in the middle spoke, with a deep voice and a 

serious look on his face.

“Today thou be a special day, for we have commenced a meeting for 

The Tennis Court Oath, an oath in which we all need to partake in in 

order to proclaim the meeting of this National Assembly. The constant 

meeting of this assembly wherever and whenever required, despite the 

wishes of the King, until we gain a just constitution in thee kingdom.” 

Cheers and shouts seem to lift the ceiling of the room, while men gather 

around a large piece of paper, and start scribbling letters that appear to 

be their signatures. All but one. One man sits in the corner, refusing… 

The Fall of the Bastille:

A mob! A giant mob of men and women. All yelling and running 

towards a large hospital, and Timmy was placed right in the 

middle of it. He ran among the crowd, hoping not to get 

aggressively stampeded. As they arrived to the hospital, they 

broke down the doors and ran towards a hall, which had a 

single door. They flung the door open and weapons of all sizes 

fell out. Everyone who had hands rapidly grabbed these 

weapons and ran therefore to the Bastille, seeking the other 

weapons and ammunition held inside. The guards were scared 

and after a long time in which the attacks and threats took 

place, they finally gave in. As the news was brought to the king 

from a duke (the king’s messenger) the king was shocked and 

asked if it was a revolt. The the duke replied with “No sire, it’s 

not a revolt; it’s a revolution.”

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

Another meeting? With what appeared to be 

the same men in his second visit just 

months ago and another document? This paper 

was longer, and it wasn’t requiring the 

men’s signatures. But instead, written upon 

it were a lot of words that little Timmy 

didn’t understand. Something about the the 

natural, inalienable, and sacred rights of 

man. This paper was called the Declaration 

of the Rights of Man and Citizens and today 

was August 26, 1789. A middle aged looking 

man, with locks of luscious hair sat in 

close proximity to this document. One man 

to his right offered the reading of these 

articles to be read out loud by this man. 

He addressed him as Max, and introduced 

him as Maximilien Robespierre, a man who 

was a significant part of the creation of 

this document.   As he read through each and 

everyone of all 17 articles, Timmy noticed 

they talked about laws and government quite 

a lot, and how they hoped the government 

could keep these laws in place with a new 

era of an enlightenment. Just a week before 

Timmy had travelled to this land once 

again, he was enlightened of the definition 

of the Enlightenment. It was defined as a 

movement which dominated the world of 

ideas in Europe in the 18th century. It was 

not difficult for Timmy to return to his 

home this time, for this was the most 

boring of his visits, but this was soon to 

be fixed with a little more adventure.

The March on Versailles

Women marched with anger, a long 

way from Paris towards Versailles. As 

they carried huge forks and fire on a 

stick, they marched and yelled chants 

and demands of the King and Queen. 

“Give us bread!” The women demanded, 

along with requests for the baker, the 

baker’s wife and the baker’s boy to be 

seen. 

More chants filled the streets with 

commandments of seeing the King. 

After a long while and what felt like 

forever for Timmy, the King made his 

way to the balcony of his palace. 

Which may have not been the best 

choice for him because his power was 

already basically non existent, but now 

this group of a few thousand women 

forced him to return with them to the 

city of Paris. Days after the departure 

of King Louis XVI and his family, 

Timmy knew the king was never 

coming back to Versailles and as he 

returned home October 6, 1789, only 2 

days after the march, he was well 

aware the king would not be returning 

as well, and the ruling of the King 

was coming to an end.

The Death of the King and Queen

So much respect had been lost for one man in 

just a small amount of time. And a very 

large amount of respect had been lost for a 

women who never had much respect in the 

first place. Timmy knew what was coming 

in this flashback. He knew that along with 

the ruling of the King coming to an end, so 

his life. And so what seemed to be the 

ending of his wife’s life as well. The 

crowd lined up, blocking his view of where 

the king lay on his deathbed, but with a 

well enough view of his death weapon. A 

tall frame, to what looked like what once 

held a door, held a huge blade, cut at a 

slant. 

In front of Timmy, two men talked;  

“There’s no way to have a proper monarchy 

with this guy in charge.”

“There’s no way to have a proper monarchy in 

general, out with the old and in with the 

new.”

Just as the conversations commenced and the 

announcements began, Timmy felt his visit 

coming to an end, it’s okay, because he knew 

what was next. 

But the French citizens didn’t know what to 

expect next.

9 months later, Louis’s wife joined him in 

bed. Well, his deathbed that is. 

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