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King Louis XVI called for a meeting of representatives from each of the classes of the ancien regime. A meeting of such import had not been called for over 170 years, but times were desperate.
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The Third Estate representatives walked out of the Estates General meeting since their double representation didn't actually mean anything. They then formed their own organization called the National Assembly.
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Representatives of the Third Estate were locked out of the Estates General meeting, so they gathered in an indoor tennis court and pledged to keep pushing for a new constitution.
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The Bastille was seen as a bastion of royal authority and thus was a symbol of oppression and corruption within the french government. Members of the revolt stormed the prison in search of gunpowder, weapons and also freeing prisoners.
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was a document that outlined the fundamental rules and rights that a Citizen of the French state was entitled to.
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The Legislative assembly establishes constitution of 1791. King Louis XVI is head of constitutional monarchy.
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King Louis XVI was executed via guillotine
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Robespierre and 12 of his closest allies form an oligarchy and take charge of the government.
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Robespierre spearheads the mass executions of enemies of the state. Anybody harboring views that juxtaposed those of the radicals were put to death.
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Christianity is outlawed and a push to rid France of the church is started. Religious tolerance and the views of Voltaire echoed.
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Robespierre was executed without trial via guillotine, as were the members of the CPS.
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A new inter-rim government holds France together in the absence of the CPS and Robespierre.
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Napoleon's military coup is welcomed by the majority of the citizens because it meant that a strong central government would finally be established.
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Napoleon acknowledges the Church's presence within France, and give back some of its influence while still revoking it's power in state affairs.
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Napoleon enacts a strict set of laws that causes citizens to forfeit some rights, but at the same time provides a solid legal foundation.
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Napoleon crowned himself emperor in the presence of the pope.
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Napoleon is exiled the St. Helena after Waterloo, and he dies on the island.
