French Revolution By DuckwortIOB May 5, 1789 Louis XVI Calls the Estates General In 1788 France was on the verge of bankruptcy. Bread roits were spreading and the nobles were taxes Jun 17, 1789 National Assembly Acts Jul 14, 1789 Parisians storm the Bastille Sep 21, 1792 monarchy abolished Period: Sep 5, 1793 to Jul 27, 1794 reign of terror was a period of violence that occured for one year and one month after the onset of the french revolution Period: Jan 10, 1870 to May 28, 1871 civil war