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France suffered from recent war debt that had to be repaid, food shortages due to poor harvest, rising food prices, and high unemployment. While people were outside starving, King Louis and Marie Antoinette had been throwing extravagant parties. Since King Louis XVI had to figure out how to deal with financial instability, in May of 1789, he called a meeting of the Estates-General. All representatives from the three estates were invited, but the third estate was locked out and could not vote.

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Members of the third estate were fed up with the monarchy's system of ruling and desperately wanted change. In June of 1789, they declared themselves the National Assembly, a new governing body for France. They met in an indoor tennis court since they were locked out of the meeting hall of the Estates-General in Versailles. Here is where they swore the Tennis Court Oath, they swore to continue meeting until a new constitution was written.

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In today's time, Bastille day is celebrated as France's Independence day, this is because, on July 14, 1789, French citizens in Paris stormed the city's prison the Bastille. They were in search of weapons and ammunition to defend themselves, but none was found. The angry crowd destroyed the Bastille and the revolt spread across France.

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National Assembly Issues the Declaration of the Rights of Man

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National Assembly Issues the Declaration of the Rights of Man

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The National Assembly took over to create a government based on the new American democracy. The French wrote a document called the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen" which granted the basic human rights of liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.

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Sometimes called The Women's March on Versailles, women from Paris took to the Palace of Versailles. The high prices of bread infuriated these women because they needed to feed their families. After breaking into and destroying the Palace, King Louis and his wife, Marie Antoinette were forced to move to Paris so people could keep an eye on them.

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After attempting to flee Paris, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were both caught. King Louis XVI was executed before his wife on January 21, 1793.

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Nine months after her husband King Louis XVI was executed, Marie Antoinette was executed as well on October 16, 1793. Both Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI were caught trying to flee Paris and were brought back. For attempting to do this they were both sentence to death by guillotine.

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Maximilien Robespierre, labeled the incorruptible, led a group called the Jacobins. They declared a reign of terror, and eventually ruled under the title The Directory. This lasted four years, they controlled opponents, arrested people for supporting the King, and guillotined thousands in the public square.

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Thousands of people were being killed because of the reign of terror. So, in order to end it, the person who caused it must be executed. In 1794, Robespierre was arrested, accused of being a tyrant and executed. The Reign of Terror finally came to an end after his death.

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Napoleon Bonaparte was considered a national army hero. He set up a new government ending the French Revolution, and five years into his reign, he crowns himself emperor on May 18, 1804. His official coronation was on December 2, 1804. Three major accomplishments Napoleon made for France is freedom of religion, abolition of privilege, and equality before law of all men.