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King Louis XVI calls the Estates General for the first time since 1614. Voting was made unfair to the non-nobles and non-clergys or the commoners, this gave all three parties one vote each effectively overriding the commoners vote.
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Acts of defiance by representatives of the commoner classes of France.
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The Bastille was a royal fortress and prison that symbolized the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. This started the French Revolution.
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A set of principles that contained the basic charters of human liberties. The Declaration inspired the French Revolution.
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Women from the market of Paris led the March. This became one of the most significant events of the revolution.
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