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Poor harvests and financial struggles from excessive spending and foreign wars led to unrest in the common people.
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An unstable, rioting France prompted the King to summon the Estates General to figure out a solution to the crisis France was facing.
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The Third Estate, made up of the common people, wanted to have a bigger voice in the decisions of the Estates General, so they broke off and formed the National Assembly and invited the other Estates to join.
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The king closed the meeting hall of the Third Estate in an attempt to stop the National Assembly. The Assembly then moved to the tennis courts outside and swore an oath to stay there until a constiution is approved.
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Peasants riot because they fear the revenge of the upper class.
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A group of mostly Parisians stormed and destroyed the Bastille, to try and prevent the king from dissovling the National Assembly. The storming became a symbol of the Revolution and an icon of the people's triumph for liberty.
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This document was passed by the National Assembly and inspired by America's Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights. It doesn't mention France because the writers wanted it to be passed by all countries.
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This march was led by the women of Paris to force the royal family back to Paris, where Louis XVI was considered by some to be a "prisoner" in Paris.
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Following in the steps of America, France established a governemnt based on popular sovereignty after the collapse of the absolute monarchy and the Ancient Regime.
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Other countires were wary of revolutionary France and the French people were ready for war because they thought it would unite the country.
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The king had been found guilty of conspiring against the nation and was guillotined.
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The King had attempted to flee the country and Robespierre took over claiming to rule in the name of the people, but instead installing himself as a dictator.
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The government in France during the penultimate stage of the French Revolution. Was overthrown by Napoleon
