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The first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates General.
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A oath made by the third Estate swearing that they wont seperate until a constitution had been written for France.
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French Revvolutionaries stormed the Bastille, a prison in Paris , and took all the weapons.
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A fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights.
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The women stormed the castle searching for the grain the queen had hidden away.
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The mass killing of civilans by Lafayette and his troops after they gathered to sign the petition demading the kings removal.
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The French Constitution created by the National Assembly. It declared Franch to be a constitutional monarchy.
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Louis XVI was tried for high treason and killed, by means of the guillotine. He was the first victim of the reign of terror.
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Formed the De Facto executive government in France. They protected the newly established republic aganist foreign attacks and internal rebellion.
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The end of the period of violence that occured after the onset of the French Revolution.
