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King Louis XVI
King louis was the king during the battle of bastille. -
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Economic Crisis
Right before the War of Bastille, France faced a major economic crisis. King Louis XVI was giving money to the Americans for a war that the French were not even involved in. -
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Bread Prices
This was when bread prices started to rise so people started to get even more angry. -
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National Assembly Meets
The National Assembly would meet at Versailles as fear and violence took over the capital -
Search for weapons and gunpowder
During this time, soldiers were looking around for weapons and gunpowder in order to make the population of paris subjects into citizens. -
Storming of Bastille
People began to storm the east side of paris revolting and getting back at tax collectors and people of those such. When the crowd reached the prison, they let out all of the people. -
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The Great Fear
This was a time of panic and riot from the peasants and other rumors about an aristocrat conspiracy by the king and the privileged to overthrow the third estate.