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The French Estates-General discusses mounting debts in France (first time in one hundred seventy five years)
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National Assembly, the Assembly of the Nation, is declared by the third estate.
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The Fall of the Bastille, the third estate revolted against the Bastille Prison; they burnt it down in protest to the inhumane treatment offered to the prisoners.
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The Jacobin Club is formed; the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution, “Nobles in National Assembly renounce feudal rights”.
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The declarations of the Right of a Man were created. They are the important document that justifies human and civil rights. Passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August
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King Louis is brought from Versailles to a palace in Paris named Tuileries, armed women (over 7,000) marched from Paris to Versailles, protesting over low income, even though they worked.
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Elections are held; the National Assembly issues Constitution!
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France Legislative Assembly declares war between Prussia and Austria. They believed they could achieve unity through war, also wanted to spread Revolutionary ideas throughout Europe.
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Convention finally erases the Monarchy and declares a Republic, this leads to the execution of the absolute monarch; King Louis.
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Vendee counter-revolutionary revolt initiates; revolt against their lack of involvement in the Revolution
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The Convention condemns King Louis and executes him for failure of leadership, sabotage, and betrayal. He was pressed with thirty-three charges.
