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created by the national assembly, retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the legislative assembly.
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The Estates General was called by Louis XVI for the first time in over 150 years to help solve the economic crisis facing France
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An assembly was formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General
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the members of the french third estate agreed not to separate until france had gotten a constitution.
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bastille was attacked by an angry mob, the prison had become a symbol, and is one of the defining moments in the french revolution, as the negotiations were about to take place, everyone got impatient and stormed bastille.
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A mob rebelled and overthrew the king, king louis XVI
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Was a declaration by Robespierre that Terror would be "the order of the day." Robespierre was later removed from power and executed
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Marie Antoinette was beheaded for high treason, depletion of national treasury, and conspiracy against the state.
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Napoleon created the french's first empire. The defeat in 1814 and 1815 marked the end of the empire. he used the previous ideals of the revolution to promote nationalism
