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National Assembly comes into power and gains money by confiscating church land
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Estates General called into session after century long dormancy, but 3rd Estate is excluded
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3rd Estate meets in a Tennis Court and agrees no to disband until after Constitution is written
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The Bastille is stormed by the 3rd Estate and gunpowder (along with 7 prisoners) are taken/freed
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Women ransack Versailles to find bread allegedly being hoarded by monarchy and force the monarchy to come to Paris with them
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Legislative Assembly becomes main lawmaking body in France
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Monarchy attempts to escape back to France but botches their own escape by revealing themselves and are captured.
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King Louis XVI is forced off the throne and tried.
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Louis XVI is tried and executed via guillotine, which would only heighten the French Revolution
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Reign of Terror begins and France sufferes heavy casualties due to fears of treason to the country via counter-revolution and financial crisis
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Marie Antoinette is killed after a trial due to negligence as a monarch
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Robespierre makes a speech to others, but due to sounding like counter-revolution, he is ultimately shot, tried, and beheaded
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People involved in the Reign of Terror are targeted by the Directory (White Terror), Inflation continues and Christianity is revived
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Napoleon Bonaparte comes into power as the leader of France and makes it a republic.
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Napoleon makes himself the first consul of France, and France becomes a republic officially. Napoleon is also highly successful as a military general.
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The Napoleonic Code is placed into effect and French power is shown.
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The Holy Roman Empire is abolished when Napoleon becomes leader of France, and he replaces it with the Confederation of the Rhine.
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The Continental System is placed into effect.
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Napoleon has his brother Joseph crowned as king of Spain under his rulership. This places Bonaparte family ruling France and Spain as well.
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After suffering a devastating defeat at Moscow, Russia, and ultimately being defeated at Lizpieg, Napoleon abdicated the throne and is exiled to Elba.
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From March 20-July 8, 1815, Napoleon returns from exile and leads an army against his former homeland and reclaims the throne, but his leadership lasts 100 days.
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King Louis XVIII is reinstated as the monarch of France for the second time, and he becomes the last French monarch.