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Rise of the Third Estate
The meeting of May 5th, was mobilized to support equal representation for an abolishment through noble veto. The nobles within The Third Estate willingly gave up the privilages that they pleased so much under the traditional system that they followed. -
The Bastille and The Great Fear
The National Assembly continued meeting at Versailles while violence along with fear consumed the capital. Parisians panicked when rumors impending military coup began circulating. -
Bastille Fortress Riot
When rioters stormed Bastille Fortress attempting to steal weapons, along with gunpowder, this started the actual French Revolution itself. Today, many look back on this event, and this event is commemerated as a national holiday in France. -
The Death Certificate of the Old Order
Agrarian inssurections hastened exodus growings of nobles in the country. The National Constituent Assembly was inspired by this. They abolished feudalism signing (historian Georges Lefebvre later called it) The Death Certificate of the Old Order. -
Drafting a Constitution
The Assembly adopted a Declaration of the rights of Man and Citizen. This stated many democratic principles, this grounded in philosophical and political ideas because of enlightenment thinkers. -
Napoleon Bonaparte's Rise
Royalists and Jacobins protested a new regime, but swiftly silenced the army. Led by a young, short, and successful general named Napoleon Bonaparte.
