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These bad harvests led to slowdown in manufacturing, food shortages, rising prices of food, and unemployment.
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The meeting was held at Versailles. The First and Second Estates had around 300 representatives while the Third had around 600.
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The Third Estate boldly declared that it was the National Assembly and would draft a constitution.
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About 900 Parisians gathered in the courtyard of the Bastille
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It set up a limited monarchy.
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They struck first and declared war on Austria.
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Angry citizens demonstrated to protest food shortages and defeats in war.
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The new appointed minister of justice, Georges Danton, rallied the sans-culottes, and attacked the palace.
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The National Convention's first major step was abolishing the monarchy and creating the French Republic.
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It seemed possible that the revolution would be destroyed, and the old regime, reestablished.
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Convention passed the degree condemning Louis XVI to death, and he was beheaded on the guillotine.
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Deputies feared him and got enough votes to have him condemned.
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It set up two legislative houses. A lower one, the council of 500, drafted laws. An upper house of 250, the Council of Elders, accepted or rejected proposed laws.
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Napoleon Bonaparte came to power in 1799 and brought an end to the French Revolution
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In 1799, Napoleon took part in the coup d'état that overthrew the Directory and set up a new government, the consulate.
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They came to an agreement which recognized Catholicism as the religion of a majority of the French people. The Pope then agreed to not ask for the return of the church lands seized in the revolution.
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The Civil Code preserved many of the principles that the revolutionizers had fought for: equality of all citizens before the law, the right of an individual to choose a profession, religious toleration, and the abolition of serfdom and all feudal obligations.
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His Grand Empire was composed of three major parts, the French Empire, dependent states, and allied states.
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Of the 3200 nobles Napoleon created, nearly 60 percent were military officers, and the rest were civil service or state and local officials. Socially, only 22 percent were from noble families, and about 60 percent were middle class in origin.
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Napoleons downfall began with him deciding to invade Russia, Within only a few years, his downfall was complete
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Napoleon hope for a quick victory over the Russians, however the Russian forces refused to battle. They retreated for hundreds of miles, burning their own villages and countryside's to keep Napoleon's army from finding food. When the Russians did fight at Borodino, Napoleon's forces won an indecisive victory, costing many lives.
