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Meeting of the three estates. The third estate is neglected and later on left out of the meeting.
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The National Assembly is formed by the third estate to fight for their rights.
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An oath to fight to get the constitution changed to adress the third estates rights.
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The Bastille is a prison that was taken over in the begining of the revolution and then torn down. It was supposed to be a symbol of the kings power.
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It calls for and end of the monarchy and the establishment of a new government. Some of its demands are equal rights and freedom of the press.
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This pertained to making laws and shaping the path of France.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/LegislativeAssemblyMedal.jpg/170px-LegislativeAssemblyMedal.jpg
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King Louis was executed in public, as he was decapitated by the guillotine.
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A time where the French government killed many of their own people for ridiculous reasons and put everyone in fear for their lives.
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This is when Robespierre tried to dechristianization France by getting rid of the Churches influence.
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Maximilien Robespierre was executed.
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This is the government during the reign of terror which was ruled by a small group of people.
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From 1795-1799 the Directory controlled France and held it together even though the people did not like the system very much.
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Napoleon overthrew the government and became the leader of France.
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This let the church exist without a thread of Dechristianization but they would not have power over the government.
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Napoleon literally crowns himself as the emperor of France.
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This was the legal code created by Napoleon.
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Napoleon dies on an island in exile.
