French Revolution

  • Beginning of the National Assembly

    Beginning of the National Assembly

  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille

    Peasants stormed the Bastille, which was a prison and armory.
  • March of Women

    March of Women

    This was a protest march of Versailles.
  • End of the National Assembly

  • Beginning of the Legislative Assembly

    Beginning of the Legislative Assembly

  • France Declares War on Austria

    France Declares War on Austria

    France declared war on Austria because they wanted to spread their ideas through Europe.
  • Storming of the Tuileries

    Storming of the Tuileries

    A Paris mob stormed the Tuileries, where the King and Queen were imprisoned.
  • End of the Legislative Assembly

  • Beginning of the National Convention

    Beginning of the National Convention

  • Louis XVI is Beheaded

    Louis XVI is Beheaded

    He is sentenced to death because he was accused of treason.
  • Maximilien Robespierre is Beheaded

    Maximilien Robespierre is Beheaded

    Revolutionaries overthrew and killed Robespierre and many of his supporters.
  • End of the National Convention

  • Beginning of the Directory

    Beginning of the Directory

  • End of the Directory