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Constant spending & unsuccessful harvests lead France into terrible debt.
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Louis XVI calls the Estates General to help solve the financial crisis in France.
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The first & second estate joined the third estate in order to create the National Assembly and work on the public debt.
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The Storming of the Bastille was a fortress that was attacked by agressive people which began the French Revolution.
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The Tennis Court Oath was a pledge signed by majority of the people in the Third Estate, which expressed their issues with their representation & treatment.
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The Great Fear is basically described as the fear the peasants put into many people by their constant rebellions/panics from the results of low harvests.
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The National Assembly adopts the Delcaration of the Rights in order to identify individual rights.
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The Women's March in Versailles sparked because the women in the marketplace were irritated with the overpriced products and scarce bread, so they began to riot.
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Created a constitutional monarchy after the destruction of an absolute monarchy.
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The Legislative Assembly believed if they went to war on Austria it would bring the other countries together.
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Louis XVI was overthrown by the people for not benefiting the people and was arrested the sentenced to death, which led to them using the guillotine.
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People were being excuted for treason during the French Revolution.
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The Directory was installed to allow 5 directors to control the executive power of France.
