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A revolutionary assembly formed by the third estate (the common people)
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The Estates Generals vowing to never separate and reassemble whenever a circumstance required it
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The prison, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry mob of peasant people. The prison stood as a symbol of the monarchy it was destroyed.
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A fundamental document stating the basic human rights of man. It was created by the National Assembly
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Angry mothers marche the gates of Versailles for their starving children demanding bread. They discontented some men.
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The jacobins were a radical and rash group of political figures
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The night King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, attempted to escape from Pais. They were unsuccessful
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A wave of killings in France. Fear foreign royalist would attack. They lasted from September 2-7
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The third government of the French Revolution following the two year National Constituent assembly.
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The official First French Republic was formed
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A major event of the revolution. Seen as the end of the Monarchy
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Formed the de facto of the executive branch.
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Jean-Paul Marat was a radical journalist killed by Charlotte Corday in her attempt for peace
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The mass killing of anyone who was considered a threat the revolution or a foreign invader. It lasted to the fall of robespierre
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Marie Antoinette was extremely hated. She was executed after being completely stripped of everything
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Robespierre was executed for having become extremely dictatorial. He was the last execution of the Revolution and his fll marked the end of the Reign of Terror
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The director put in place on 1795. Put Napoleon into power, it would end when Napoleon officially comes into power
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Napoleon was a French General who had help getting into power with the directory. He would rule for four years
