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The storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille in 1789, when revolutionaries stormed and seized control of the medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille. -
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National Assembly and Constituent Assembly
The third state finally declared the individual voting system to represent a true nation, it was forming a National Assembly.
Finally the king agree to the Third Estate's demands to write a constitution. For the bourgeoisie was a triumph because the monarchy wasn't longer absolute. -
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Legislative Assembly
Two political groups emerged:
- The Gerondins represented the interest of the wealthy bourgeoisie. The constitutional monarchy and limited suffrage.
- The Jacobins represented the petite bourgeoisie.They establish the republic.
When attacked the Tuileries Palace, Louis XVI was imprisoned, the monarche was abolished and France became a republic. -
Attack on the Tuileries Palace
In August 1792 the people of Paris revolted and attacked the Tuileries Palace. -
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Republic ( The Convention )
This was the more radical phase of the revolution. The Convention was elected with universal manhood suffrage. Then of the Louis XVI dead Jacobins took the control of government and imposed a dictatorship. Jacobins supported by the radical Parisian labourers. -
Execution of Louis XVI by guillotine
In 1973 the Convention agreed to execute Louis XVI for treason by guillotine. -
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Directory and Consulate
The constitution re-established limited male suffrage, a symbol of the borgeoisie's power. Also introduced a neww form of government called the Directory.
The power and influence of the army increased as a result of the contuining forgeing war.
Napoleon established a new form of government called the Consulate and he put the peace at home. -
Napoleon Bonaparte's coup
In 1799 General Napoleon Bonaparte organised a military coup for finish with the French Revolution from spreading to other European countries.