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Summoned by King Louis XVI to propose solutions to his government's financial problems. It was brought to an end when many members of the Third Estate formed themselves into a National Assembly, signalling the outbreak of the French Revolution.
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The national assembly was a transitional institution between the Estates-General and the National Constituent Assembly. This assembly immediately attached itself to the capitalists.
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On 14 july, many parisians stormed the Bastille fortress because three days before that, Luis XVI ordered the reconstruction of the finance ministry.
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The Revolution caused a massive shift of power from the Roman Catholic Church to the state. On 13 February 1790 all religious orders were dissolved.
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The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states. They resulted in expanded French control to the Low Countries, Italy, and the Rhineland.
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On 17 January 1793 Louis was condemned to death for "conspiracy against the public liberty and the general safety" by a close majority in Convention. He was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793
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It was a period of violence incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution".
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Napoleon Bonaparte staged the coup of 18 Brumaire which installed the Consulate. This led to Bonaparte's dictatorship and eventually (in 1804) to his proclamation as Emperor.
