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King Louis XVI made a meeting to raise taxes because bad harvests and costly wars
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government lead by first estate
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National Assembly doesnt want to do anything until written constitution
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Bastille stormed and taken by a Paris mob
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peasants attack noble manors
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Nobles in the National Assembly reject feudal rights
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National Assembly issues Declaration of the rights of man
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KIng Louis was brought to the palace in paris
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king goes to Austria and is caught in Varennes
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Constitutional Government by elected officials
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Paris mob storms royal palace, Minster of Justice kills thousands of traitors
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National Convention destroys monarachy and declares French a republic
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Calendar introduced with new days and new months
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Convention condemns and kills him
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counter revolutionary revolt in the regions begin
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Robespierre starts this with Committee of Public Saftey
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when all names like saints etc. were removed from streets and also price controls were added by the government
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Robespierre was executed and Regin of Terror ends
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New constitution and formed a new government called the Directory
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New constitution has 2 houses: Council of Ancients and Council of 500
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Remove royalists from the new government the Directory
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Napoleon's group dismisses Directory and starts the Consulate government, end of French Revolution