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There was a drought, food shortages, and unemployment and it lasted about a year.
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It was a spot where they would meet until they had a new constitution.
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National Assembly decided to abolish all legal privileges of the nobles and clergy.
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National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, it was inspired by the English Bill of Rights and the American Constitution.
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The king and his family returned to Paris and as a goodwill gesture they brought wagonloads of flour from the palace storehouse. They were now virtual prisoners in Paris.
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The new Constitution set up a limited Assembly, there was still a king, but a Legislative Assembly would make the laws.
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With the fear of Austria and Prussia restoring full power in Louis XVI and fearing an attack, the Legislative Assembly decided to strike first declaring war.
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In the spring of 1792 angry citizens demonstrated to protest food shortages and defeats in the war. They ended up calling themselves sans-culottes.
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By August 1792 the monarchy was over. Rallied by the newly appointed minister of justice, Georges Danton, the sans-culottes attacked the palace. That made the royal family seek protection from the Legislative Assembly.
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Convention's first major step was to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic known as the French Republic.
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In the early 1793, the Mountain convinced the Convention to pass a decree condemning Louis XVI to death.
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For roughly a tear the Committee of Public Safety took control of the government. They had to defend France from domestic threats, so they adopted policies know as the Reign of Terror.
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In less than a year the new French government had raised a huge army, and by September 1794 they had over a million soldiers.
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In June 1794 the Law of 22 Prairial was passed, and it gave Robespierre more power to arrest and execute enemies of the revolution, but after he got condemned and died the Law of 22 Prairial was repealed.
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The Directory became known mainly for corruption. People reacted against the sufferings and sacrifices that had been demanded in the Reign of Terror.
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The British had defeated the French naval forces supporting Napolean's army in Egypt by this time.
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A peace treaty was signed but didn't last long.
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Napolean was named the first consul for life.
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War with Britain broke out once again.
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Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States for fifteen million dollars.
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Civil Code was introduced and it preserved many principles that the revolutionaries had fought for.
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British defeated the combined French and Spanish fleet at Trafalgar.
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Napoleon was the master of Europe from 1807 to 1817.
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Napoleon's downfall began when he decided to invade Russia.
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Grand Army of more than six hundred thousand men entered Russia.
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Fewer than forty thousand of the original six hundred thousand soldiers arrived back in Poland in January 1813.
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Paris was captured on March 1814 and Napoleon was soon sent into exile.
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Napoleon entered Paris in triumph.
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Napoleon met a combined British and Prussian army under the Duke of Wellington and suffered a bloody defeat at Waterloo in Belgium.
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Napoleon died but his memory haunted French political life for decades.
