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To combat the Nation's tax difficulties, Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General.
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The commoners, outraged at the actions of the nobility and desperate for weapons, stormed the Bastille, a prison. They tore it to pieces.
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen is adopted into a new constitution for France. It does not last long.
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After Louis attempts to flee the country, the National Assembly decide he must be punished. They settle on beheading the king via guillotine.
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Robespierre, in his position as head of the Committee for Public Safety, puts to death thousands of people accused of being traitors.
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Napoleon, a young, charismatic general, overthrows the corrupt Directory and takes control of France. This is considered to be the end of the French Revolution.
