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After bad harvests and costly wars, King Louis XVl is forced to convene the Estates General assembly in order to raise taxes because there is not enough money flowing through the country.
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This Revolutionary government led by the 3rd estate set new laws in to the French society.
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At the Tennis Court Oath. the National Assembly resolves not to disband until it has written a constitution so that everything is agreed apon.
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The Bastille, a medieval fortress, was mobbed ad destroyed and after this King Louis XVl steadily lost power.
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Peasants attack noble manors.
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The Feudal Rights are abolished and another part of the French law is stripped away.
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This was a base set of rights the the rebels in the French Revolution wanted to put in place.
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King Louis is brought from Versailles to Tuileries palace in Paris to get what he deserved from the people of France.
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The king rushes away from Paris to escape to go to Varennes.
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Constitutional Government by elected officials
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Paris mob storms royal palace; Legislative Assembly government collapse. Minister of Justice Danton kills thousands of traitors.
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The new National Convention gets rid of the monarchy and declares France as a republic.
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The new National Convention gets rid of the monarchy and declares France as a republic.
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The new Revolutionary Calendar introduces new day and month names
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The National Convention condemns and executes the King which is a very important decision for France.
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The revolt of the Counter-revolution in Vendee region begins.
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This is a very deadly period that's job is to kill all rebels of the Revolution.
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Price controls put into place by government, dechristinization, administration reform.
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In the month of "Thermidor", Robespierre is executed which is ironic because of the fact that he started the revolution in the first place.
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The dechristinization has ended and the church is reopened.
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The new constitution is created with new changes, and now the government is called the Directory.
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New constitution has 2 houses: Council of Ancients and Council of 500
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This is called the "coup d'etat" and it removes royalists from Directory.
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Napoleon's coup d'tat abolishes Directory and establishes Consulate government.
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The revolution is all over.
