The meeting of the Estates General

  • Frances Debt

    France fell into really bad debt. This happened because of Louis and his wife Marie Antonitets spending. Louis also inherated a lot of his debt from previous kings.
  • Estates General

    Estates General
    The meeting of the Estates General was the first in 175 years. It was held at the Versailles. The second estate forced Louis XVI to call a meeting with the estates general to aprove a new tax
  • The great fear sweeps France

    Thousdands of Parisians women rioted over the rising price of bread. The women broke into the palace with knives and axs and fire and killed some of the guards and demanded the king and queen give them bread and then Louis agreerd but fled the palace and never coming back.
  • A limited monarchy

    The National Assembly completed the new consititution. It stripped the king of his authority.
  • France at war

    ABout 20,000 men ivaded Turilies. They torchered the guards and beat the royal family. In early septmeber they rated the prisons and murdered over 1,000 prisioners.
  • The Declartation of the rights of men

    With in 3 weeks the ntional assembly came up with the The Declarlation of the rights of men. Meaning every man has equal rights to life, Liberty, and Property.
  • The end of the war

    Some members of the National Convention wanted Robsperiier arrested and killed. The French Revolution was ended in July 28 1794.