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When the king finally realized how in debt his country was, he summoned a meeting for the first time in 175 years to talk about it.
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When the third estate was locked out of the meeting they were angry because they already didn't have much of a voice in what happened and so instead they gathered in the tennis court and formed the National Assembly
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Civilians armed themselves and raided the prison in Paris, France to gain power for themselves.
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A document representing the history of human and civil rights
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An angry mob of working women armed themselves and marched from Paris to Versailles
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A period of violence during the French Revolution that lasted for over a year because of conflict between two different political factions.
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Napoleon Bonaparte was a military leader and emperor during the French Revolution. He led the military to victory against many other European countries and expanded his empire. After his invasion failed in Russia he was exiled to a remote island and died there.
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Napoleon's empire collapsed because of his failed invasion of Russia and the Peninsular War. He was exiled to an island and ended up spending the rest of his life there and dying there.
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The Congress of Vienna was a conference of European Ambassadors regarding a long term peace plan for Europe.
