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This had been going on for years prior to the revolution; a long line of rulers mismanaged the country's finances, leading to a crisis that sparked the revolution.
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The King calls the first Estates General since 1614 to deal with the country's looming financial crisis.
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Peasants began to riot in the countryside as rumors of "aristocratic conspiracy" spread through the country.
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The Third Estate, who were at the time the only part of the National Assembly, got together on a tennis court after getting locked out of a hotel and vowed not to disband until France had a constitution.
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The royal prison and armory in Paris known as Bastille, which was a metaphor for the royalty's authority and power, was stormed and captured effectively starting the revolution.
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The march began over bread scarcities, and soon the women had ransacked armories and were marching to Versailles, where most of the government was residing, and convinced them to return to Paris.
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The National Assembly restored the constitutional monarchy through adopting this document, but all sovereignty laid with the Legislative Assembly.
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The revolutionaries were craving a way to unify their country as well as spread their newfound ideals, and so they declared war on the threat Austria.
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The First French Republic has been established, and the Reign of Terror officially begins. There are thousands of death sentences all over French in the next few years.
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The king is executed by guillotine, sentenced there by an almost unanimous vote from the National Assembly.
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This new government is put in place in the middle of the revolution, and only lasts four years until 1799.
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This document was adopted by the National Assembly as a stepping stone towards their goal of getting a new constitution for France.
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The wealthier estates abandoned the Estates General, opting instead to join the Third Estate at their National Assembly.
