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The king was in trouble. The nobility was not happy with his attempt to tax their estate. Nobility wanted to pass the cost once again on the Third Estate.
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King Louis XVI calls body into session to approve a new tax on the Third Estate. They have not met in 175 years.
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The Third Estate proclaimed themselves a legislative called the National Assembly. They had the rights to make laws. They locked out the King.
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The representatives of the Third Estate didn't leave the tennis court until a constitution was written. Louis then gave each representative a vote.
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The King ordered troops to preserve the monarchy. People were afraid so they stormed the Bastille to obtain weapons for self-defense.
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Because of the storming of the Bastille, people started to panic that the King would punish them and end the revolution.
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The National Assembly eliminated the dues that peasants owed their landowners.
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man are the principles of French Revolution and only applied to men.
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Bread was scarce and at a very high price. The women rioted which intertwined with revolutionaries. They then ransacked the city armory and broke in the Palace.
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The Royal family was forced to live in a palace in Paris. They didn't like it so they fled Paris. They were caught because they were committing treason.
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The Legislative Assembly adopted a new constitution that gave citizens over the age of 25 the right to vote.
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They kept the monarchy but restricted the King's power.
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Brunswick Manifesto warns that Royal Family must not be harmed or else innocent French civilians will be harmed.
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A mob stormed the Tuileries Palace and slaughtered the guards. The Royal Family were demoted to commoners and thrown into prison.
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Revolutionary government votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the first Republic. Royal family is imprisoned.
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The French defeated the foreign invaders of Austria and Prussie who were attempting to preserve the monarchy. France turns the tider of the war and takes the offensive against the invaders.
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He was executed via the guillotine. He was the first victim of the Reign of Terror.
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The Committee of Public Safety is an executive government. They protect the new republic against attacks and rebellions.
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The Law of Suspects weakened the people's individual freedoms. This led to paranoia that swept the nation. This was the beginning of the Reign of Terror.
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Robespierre, once a respected leader, turned into a tyrant. He was then overthrown.
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The Directorate was a governing board which could pass financial reforms.
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Napoleon became a dictator.
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He asked the people if France was an empire, they agreed. He was then named the first emperor of France.
