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Louis XVI takes the throne at the age of 19. He was a weak leader who was often dominated by his wife, Marie Antoinette.
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Louis XVI's government is about to go bankrupt. Poor harvests. The Nstional Assembly is formed.
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People of Paris storm the Bastille, a much hated prison that symbolized autocratic rule. The Revolution had begun.
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National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the CItizen. Guaranteed the rights of, "liberty, property, security, and resisitance to oppresion" to all people.
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The Great Fear, peasants were fearful that the nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize them. Peasants rioted, stormed Versailles and demanded that Louis and Marie Antoinette come to Paris.
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National Assembly disbanded, so new Legislature Assmebly can take over. Creates a constitutional monarchy, strips power from the King and gave the Assembly the power to create the French Law.
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Revolution leaders start to turn on each other and three factions in the Legislative Assembly from Radicals, Moderates, and Conservatives.
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Austria and Prussia, who supported Louis XVI, sent troops to Paris.
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Robespierre governed France nearly as a dictator, this period became known as the Reign of Terror. Approximately 3,000 people were executed in Paris. As many as 40,000 were killed all together.
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20,000 Parisians invade the Royal Palace, Louis, Marie Antoinette and their children are imprisoned.
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National Convention abolishes the monarchy and declares France a republic. All adult male citizens are granted right to vote, women couldn't.
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Louis is no longer king. The radical Jacobins tried Louis for treason and was found guilty. He is sentenced to death.
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Louis XVI is executed by guillotine.
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Great Britain, Holland and Spain join Prussia and Austria and are fighting France. The national Assembly drafts 300,000 French citizens into the army.
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Revolution leader, Maximilien Robespierre sets out to gather power into his own hands. He becomes the leader of the Committee of Public Safety. He decides who should be considered an enemy of the republic. The committee had people tried and executed in the same day.
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Marie Antoinette is executed. Revolutionary courts declare death sentences on those that challenge Robespierre.
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National Comittee turns on Robespierre, claiming that he's a tyrant. He's executed on July 28.
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Moderate leaders in the National Convention draft a new Constitution. It created two houses, legislature and an executive body of five men, known as the Directory. Napolean Bonaparte was chosen to lead France Armies.
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Napolean staged a coup d'état, that abolished the Directory and appointing him as France's "first consul". This event marked the end of the French Revolution.
